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EFCC
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DIAMOND BANK PLC & ORS

(2018) JELR 40404 (SC)

Supreme Court 13 Apr 2018 Nigeria
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- The case involves an application for enforcement of fundamental rights filed by the 2nd and 3rd respondents against the appellant, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). - The application was prompted by a letter of invitati

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Suit Number:SC.868/2014
Judges:OLABODE RHODES-VIVOUR Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AMIRU SANUSI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AMINA ADAMU AUGIE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SIDI DAUDA BAGE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:Ifeanyi Agwu Esq.(Legal Officer EFCC), For Appellant John Amoke Esq.- for 1st Respondent.K. O. Uzoukwu Esq.- for 2nd & 3rd Respondents For Respondent
Other Citations:(2018) 8 NWLR (Pt. 1620) 61

SIDI DAUDA BAGE, JSC(Delivering the Leading Judgment): The application for enforcement of their fundamental rights filed by the 2nd and 3rd Respondents at the Federal High Court, Port-Harcourt Division, which led to this appeal, was prompted by a letter of invitation written by the Appellant Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the 2nd and 3rd Respondents on the issue of bank fraud and diversion of funds to other use:

FACTS OF THE CASE

The facts are that the 2nd and 3rd Respondents as the applicants at the lower Court were customers of the 1st Respondent bank since 1994. The relationship continued until 2003 when the 1st and 2nd Respondents suspected some discrepancies in the management of their account with the 1st Respondent. They engaged a banking consultant to investigate, and it was allegedly discovered that the 1st Respondent had illegally over charged the 1st and 2nd Respondents, in the management of their account, to a tune of N10,776, 921.19k refund of which …

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