Court unfreezes accounts of EndSARS promoters

A federal high court in Abuja has set aside the order it made on November 4, 2020 freezing accounts linked with some promoters of the #EndSARS protest that took place across the country last year.

In a ruling on Wednesday, Justice Ahmed Mohammed also ordered all affected banks to immediately defreeze the affected accounts.

The court’s decision was informed by the withdrawal of all processes filed in relation to the suit by lawyers to all parties.

The CBN, in an exparte motion had prayed the court to unfreeze the bank accounts of Bolatito Rachael Oduala and 19 others who participated in the last year protest to end police brutality in the country.

The apex bank said it took the action to investigate the promoters of the protest on allegations bordering on terrorism financing, among others.