FIJ
Two years after N2.23 million disappeared from the Union Bank account of Kayode Aremu Festus, the bank is yet to help him recoup the money.
The Union Bank customer, now based in Ogun State, was working in Dubai when the incident happened between May 21 and 24, 2021.
According to a 2022 publication by FIJ, Festus’ SIM card, on which he usually received bank alerts, got damaged while he was in Dubai and he could not retrieve it until he returned to Nigeria.
Upon visiting a branch of his bank located at Sango-Ota after his return to Nigeria in November 2021, his statement of account showed the unauthorised transactions.
“On the 21st, N1 million was transferred to one UBA account number, N1 million was transferred to the same person on the 24th, and on that same day, N230,000 was moved to a GTB account,” Festus had earlier told FIJ.
Despite reporting the incident to the bank and police officers, Festus has not been able to recover the money since 2021.
While speaking with FIJ during the weekend, Festus lamented that the bank seemed to have abandoned him to his fate.
