The Managing Director of Peace Mass Transit (PMT), Dr. Maduka Onyishi, says he has returned the sum of ₦2.2 billion, which was wrongly paid into his First Bank of Nigeria account.
The cheque was received on behalf of First Bank by the Business Manager, Commercial Banking, Mr. Kokelu Ben; and the Branch Manager, Unity Bank, Enugu Branch, Mrs. Ifeoma Eleanya.
Onyishi, who explained how he discovered the huge sum in his account, said he had requested $3 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria, through Unity Bank, only to be paid $10 million instead, which is about N3,219,500,000, representing an excess of N2,219,500,000.”
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He said in a statement: “The amount they paid in was N3,219,500,000, but my own money there was N1,000,000,000; so, the balance was not my money. I said I cannot invest this money and be gaining from another person’s money and I can’t also keep it. I can’t keep $7 million that doesn’t belong to me.
“I called my bank and informed them that the amount they paid to me was more than the amount I requested. They told me that the $10m was my money.”
The PMT boss said he was angry when the bank refused to acknowledge the fact that it had paid him an excess of $7m. He said he subsequently requested a copy of his statement of account in order to trace the origin of the payment, but the bank continued to dilly dally.
Onyishi said: “I was angry with them. I asked them how come I had this kind of money and I was not aware of it. I asked them how come they went ahead to invest my money without telling me so that I can use my money and then I can know how much I have.