EFCC, Court order Heritage Bank to freeze Geonel Integrated Services’ accounts

 
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has ordered Heritage Bank Limited to freeze Geonel Integrated Services Limited account over financial crimes.
This was revealed by the bank in a response to speculation that Heritage Bank Limited has been asked to shut down.
The bank in a statement said, “Our attention has been drawn to a malicious and untrue report trending online, titled, “Heritage Bank Should be Shut Down- Company Tells Court, CBN” and about the bank’s financial and liquidity condition that questioned the ability of the bank to honour its obligatory engagements with a customer, Geonel Integrated Services Limited.”
The lender’s categorically stated that the allegation is not true as the Geonel Integrated Services Limited’s account is currently being investigated for financial crimes by the EFCC.
However, the bank was advised formally to freeze the account by the federal agency through court injunction pending when the investigation will be concluded.
The investigation is still ongoing and the bank is under obligation to respect a valid order of court, the statement said.
“We want to state categorically that Heritage Bank is not distressed as being malevolently reported, the bank is capable to honour its obligations to customers and numerous stakeholders alike.”