By Admin
Mr. Salami Seun has accused Access Bank Plc of trying to steal his N96 million he deposited in the bank, adding that they have blocked his access to his account.
Seun said that he opened the account in 2010 with the then Intercontinental Bank at Alaba International market branch before he travelled out of the country in 2014.
He noted that he opened the account with the Intercontinental Bank with the name; Salami Daniel Ben, adding that when he travelled to Italy through the Sahara Desert in order to survive, he changes his name to Salami Seun a situation he said when his bank officer told him that they have gotten a Bank Verification Number (BVN) for him in 2016, he informed them that he has changed his name to Salami Seun but they assured him that they were going to link his account to his BVN.
However, Seun alleged that Access Bank is capitalizing on his sincerity to lay hold of his money.
When asked why Access Bank blocked his account, he said, they (Access Bank) are claiming that the picture in his account is slightly different from his present look.
Also, he claimed that when he came back to Nigeria in 2016 he made attempts to withdraw money from his account but he couldn’t a situation that prompted him to visit his branch in the Alaba International market with the complaint and he was referred to the headquarters of the bank.
According to him, when he got to the headquarters he was referred to one Bawo Musa who promised to linked his account but advise that he get an affidavit and make news paper’s publication to show that he has changed his name, which he did and reported back to the bank.
“They even collected the documents of my property in Benin and even threaten to report me to EFCC for the money, I worked hard to earn. I went to Italy through the desert not to remain the poor boy I used to be, but now that God has helped me to make the little money Access Bank wants to take my money by crook,” Seun lamented.
Seun added despite all efforts to access his money, Access bank is bent on converting his hard-earned money for their private use.
Meanwhile, in one of the letters of Access Bank to Seun’s lawyer we are privy to, Access Bank has maintained that the account name which is Salami Daniel Ben was distinct from the identification documents presented to them by Salami Seun.
Access Bank also claimed in the letter that Seun in November 2020 procures a name change purportedly from Salami Daniel Ben to Salami Seun because of the issues of discrepancy in the names as well as other issues raised by the bank.
According to the bank, “On submitting the name change, the bank raised a question on why it took long for him to document the name change given that his travel documents bore the name Salami Seun which was completely different from the target account’s name. The bank also requested the identification documents in his alleged former name, Salami Daniel Ben.”