Presidential Amnesty beneficiary drags UBA,ex-militant leaders to court over withheld 7 months stipends
The Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Tuesday fixed 18th of December,2024 to hear a suit filed by a beneficiary of the Presidential Amnesty Programme,Citron Ebimene.
The suit was filed against an ex-militant leader, Richard Ama Ebiye, over alleged collusion with the management of the United Bank of Africa, (UBA)Yenagoa branch to block his account and deny him payment of his amnesty stipends.
Also joined in the suit is the Management of UBA over the decision to allegedly collude with an individual to freeze and stop the Presidential Amnesty Programme beneficiary’s account denying him access to his stipend due to claims of illegal deduction arrangement between him and the former militant leader.
Citron Ebimene, who is a member of the Third Phase Amnesty Programme, in a suit numbered BYHC/YHC/67/2024, said the duo of Richard Ama Ebiye and the management of the United Bank of Africa (UBA) had denied him of access to his Amnesty stipends for the last seven months.
The plaintiff noted that the act was in violation of his fundamental human rights and violating the Presidential Order granting Amnesty to former Freedom fighters in the region.
Ebimene in the suit, prayed the Court for a declaration that “The continued block, freeze,place on lien and /or post no debit on the applicant’s bank Account with account number 2063091014 held at the 1st respondent (UBA) by the 1st respondent in obedience for the court order at the instance of the 2nd respondent with suit number MU/M/852/2023 constitute an infringement /abuse of the fundamental human rights of the Applicant as same was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation.
“Also an order setting aside the block,freeze,place on lien and /or post no debit on the applicant’s bank Account with account number 2063091014 held at the 1st respondent (UBA)”
