By Eric Elezuo
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has denied the reports making the rounds that it wrote banks, demanding the account details of principal officers of National Assembly, saying it had no reason to do so.
The unit made the declaration in a Press statement titled NFIU DOESN’T NEED TO WRITE BANKS FOR ACCOUNT DETAILS, and signed by the Chief Media Analyst, Ahmed Dikko.
Clarifying the falsehood, the unit hinted that it “already has access to details of all bank accounts in the country and does not therefore, need to write to commercial banks asking for the same information.”
Below is the detailed statement:
NFIU DOESN’T NEED TO WRITE BANKS FOR ACCOUNT DETAILS
The attention of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), has been drawn to media reports stating that the unit has requested banks to furnish it with the account details of principal officers of the National Assembly and the Judiciary. Such reports are not true,
In line with its powers as provided in the NFIU Act 2018, the Unit already has access to details of all bank accounts in the country and does not therefore, need to write to commercial banks asking for the same information.
As a matter of fact, relevant reporting entities such as investigative and other Law Enforcement Agencies always rely on the NFIU for information on bank details of individuals and body corporate under investigation as they go about carrying out their functions. Such is a mandatory reporting process.
The Unit does not also make blanket requests to all banks as is being speculated in the reports
The media and indeed the general public are therefore, requested to disregard such reports.
Ahmed Dikko
Chief Media Analysts
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