Keystone Bank has never illegally hidden any amount
of money belonging to the Federal Government or any of its agencies.
The management of Keystone Bank
Limited has insisted that the lender did not and has never hidden any fund
belonging to the Federal Government or its agencies.
It
would be recalled that Justice Chuka Obiozor had ordered seven banks to remit
the various sums allegedly being kept illegally in their custody to the
designated Federal Government’s Asset Recovery dollars account domiciled with
the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
The banks in question were
United Bank for Africa (UBA); Diamond Bank Plc; Skye Bank Plc; First Bank
Limited; Fidelity Bank Plc; Keystone Bank Limited; and Sterling Bank Plc.
Some
of these banks have disputed this allegation. In a statement, Keystone Bank
also said: “In response to the news making the rounds that the Federal
High Court sitting in Lagos had made an order directing Keystone Bank Limited
to remit the sum of $17m allegedly illegally kept in its custody to the TSA, we
wish to state that:
“Keystone Bank has never
illegally hidden any amount of money belonging to the Federal Government or any
of its agencies.
“Details
of all Federal Government funds in custody of Keystone Bank had always been
fully disclosed to all relevant Federal Government agencies and at no time did
Keystone Bank collude or conspire with any official of the Federal Government
to disobey the Federal Government directives on the TSA.
“We
are taking appropriate steps to respond to the issues raised in the Court
Order.”
Source: - The Editor | The Guardian | July 23,
2017
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