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Justice Akintayo Declines Access Bank’s Request To Freeze MTN Bank Accounts

The judge held that MTN must first be given an opportunity to be heard before any such drastic action is taken.

by NewsOnline Nigeria
June 13, 2025
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Justice Akintayo has declined Access Bank’s request to freeze MTN Bank accounts.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that a Federal High Court in Lagos has declined Access Bank Plc’s request to freeze the bank accounts of MTN Nigeria Communications Plc over a disputed N180.95 billion debt claim linked to a long-expired infrastructure-sharing deal with now-defunct Multi-Links Telecommunications.

 

This Nigeria news platform understands that Justice Akintayo Aluko, ruling on an ex parte application filed by Access Bank and three companies in receivership, Multi-Links Telecommunications Limited, Capcom Telecoms Limited, and Cyancom Limited, refused to issue an interim order freezing MTN’s funds.

 

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The judge held that MTN must first be given an opportunity to be heard before any such drastic action is taken.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria earlier reported that Access Bank had through its counsel Mr. Kunle Ogunba (SAN), had requested an interim injunction restraining MTN from withdrawing or tampering with funds across all its accounts in Nigeria up to the amount of N180.95 billion.

 

The bank claimed this figure represents a long-standing debt owed by MTN to Multi-Links.

 

As part of the orders sought, the applicants also requested that all financial institutions in Nigeria be directed to disclose, under oath, the balances in MTN’s accounts within seven days.

 

The suit, marked FHC/L/CS/1004/2025, essentially sought to lock down MTN’s funds pending the determination of the main suit.

 

However, Justice Aluko ruled that, while the plaintiffs presented a seemingly compelling case, MTN must be allowed to respond.

 

“Due to the peculiar nature of the case and the potential implications of the orders sought, especially in light of MTN’s correspondence marked ‘MTN 17,’ the defendant must be heard before any orders are granted,” the judge said, according to ThisDay Newspaper.

 

The court ordered MTN to appear and show cause within five days, with the case adjourned to June 23, 2025, for further proceedings.

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