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MOLEHIN
V.
UBA PLC

(2024) JELR 113324

Federal High Court 13 May 2024 Nigeria
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- The Applicant, an employee paid in USD by a foreign employer, provided her Naira savings account details to her employer for remittance; the Respondent bank, without her consent, unilaterally opened a domiciliary account in her name and c

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Suit Number:FHC/L/CS/2625/2023
Judges:A. O FAJI, J.
Counsel:F. OGUN ESQ. WITH B. OLUTAN ESQ. FOR THE APPLICANT C. O. P EMEKA (SAN) WITH P.E ANYANWU ESQ. FOR THE RESPONDENT.
Location:Lagos

A. O FAJI, J: By an Originating Summons dated and filed on the 20th day of December, 2023, the Applicant seeks the determination of the following questions and reliefs against the Respondent:

  1. Whether a calm consideration and proper construction of Section 37 of the 1999 Constitution and Article 2.2 of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), the Respondent's act of' unilaterally opening the domiciliary account in number 2300304402 for the Applicant without her consent is a breach of the Applicant's right to data privacy?

  2. Whether the Applicant is not entitled to damages for the the Respondent's breach of her fundamental right to data privacy?

WHEREOF the Applicant claims against the Respondent as follows:

  1. A Declaration that the unilateral opening of the domiciliary account in account number 2300304402 by the Respondent for the Applicant without the Applicant's consent or prior knowledge is a gross violation of the Applicant's right to data privacy as enshrined in Section 37 of the 1…

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