A Nigerian man, Olasele Anthony has known as out Polaris Bank accusing it of freezing his account and trying to steal hundreds of thousands of naira from him.

Anthony mentioned the business Financial Institution froze his checking account by inserting a Post No Debit (PND) on it in an try and allegedly steal hundreds of thousands of naira from him.

Narrating his ordeal to SaharaReporters, Anthony mentioned he suspected foul play after his account with the financial institution grew to become inactive and he was unable to hold out any transaction.

He mentioned he contacted the financial institution and was informed the financial institution was appearing on a courtroom order informing the financial institution that he was useless.

“On February 3, I noticed my account was inactive/dormant. I contacted Polaris Bank, stuffed out each kind required and been in weekly communication with brokers/workers since then.

“Last week, when they ran out of excuses, they said I am legally a dead person. Polaris Bank is saying they have a court order from an Abuja court since March saying I am dead and a PND was placed on my account,” Anthony mentioned.

He additional mentioned that every one efforts to get a replica of the courtroom order from the financial institution had not been profitable.

According to him, the financial institution has refused to furnish him with the authorized doc.

Anthony added, “My requests listed below are easy: Polaris Bank ought to ship me a replica of the courtroom order from Abuja saying I’m useless and a maintain (PND) must be positioned on my account so I can go to the identical courtroom and present proof of life or raise the inactive standing on my account.

“I want to see my own death certificate that was used to obtain the court order but Polaris Bank staff are not availing me of any of these.”

He questioned the refusal of the financial institution to offer him the courtroom doc saying, “How do I know which court to approach with Proof of Life without knowing where I was legally declared dead?”

Anthony confirmed to SaharaReporters {that a} authorized grievance had been written and submitted to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Polaris Bank to demand full particulars of what occurred and for the PND positioned on his account to be lifted.

An electronic mail that was despatched to the financial institution for a response to the declare made by the client had but to be replied to on the time of submitting this report.

Polaris Bank Reacts:

Misleading details about Post-No-Debit(PND) on Customer’s Account

RE: PND on Customer’s Account —Clarifying the Issue

Contrary to social media reviews, Polaris Bank didn’t declare the client useless, however was in receipt of a courtroom doc stating so, and the Bank has an obligation to respect Court paperwork and in addition shield the client.

The buyer has been engaged and availed the paperwork whereas a course of has been initiated to verify the genuineness or in any other case of the paperwork from the suitable establishments.

The major concern of Polaris Bank is to at all times shield the purchasers’ funds first. We are working intently with all stakeholders, together with safety companies and the client, to expedite the method. Once the method is accomplished, the Bank will raise the PND, and the client will entry his funds.

Thank you.

Signed, Management