{"id":85509,"date":"2021-09-02T10:37:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T09:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=85509"},"modified":"2021-09-02T10:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T09:37:53","slug":"northern-youths-jubilate-over-freezing-of-kogis-bank-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/northern-youths-jubilate-over-freezing-of-kogis-bank-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern youths jubilate over freezing of Kogi\u2019s bank account"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1709781956307430770\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Youths across the 19 Northern states and the FCT have expressed pleasure with the freezing of the Kogi State Government account domiciled at Sterling Bank Plc by a Federal High Court, Lagos Division.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nRecall that Justice Tijjani Ringim had given the order freezing the account based on an ex-parte application brought before it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p>However, the youths, under the aegis of the Northern Youths Council of Nigeria, commended the EFCC for initiating the process, saying that the judiciary is the last hope of the common man.<\/p>\n<p>President of the Council, Isah Abubakar, made this known in a press statement on Wednesday.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He, however, urged those who have been quick to endorse the presidential bid of the state governor to watch their backs.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar said, \u201cWe received the news of the freezing of Kogi state government fixed deposit bank account domiciled at Sterling Bank at the request of the EFCC by Federal High Court, Lagos Division with so much excitement.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe want to particularly commend the EFCC for the courage to go after a seating State Governor and his cabinet members. The anti-graft agency should beam its searchlight across other states by ensuring that people with stolen wealth don\u2019t end up enjoying them at the expense of the masses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commend the Judiciary for granting the audacious Order restraining the agents of the Kogi State Government evacuating the money lodged in the suspicious bank account as well as the interest accruals.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWe wish to advise celebrities and political jobbers who have endorsed the seating governor of the state for Nigeria\u2019s highest political office in 2023 to be wary.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Youths across the 19 Northern states and the FCT have expressed pleasure with the freezing of the Kogi State Government account domiciled at Sterling Bank Plc by a Federal High&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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