Angry Former Branch Manager Slams Ecobank With N1.5 Billion Suit

                     A former branch Manager of ECOBANK Mr. Victor Amushie has sued his former employers for a total sum of N1.5 billion naira.

                    Amushie filed two separate cases, one at the Federal high Court of Nigeria in Benin City and the other at the high Court of Enugu State.

                     In Benin, he is suing the bank for N500m for illegal arrest and detention while in Enugu he is suing the bank for N1billion for damaging his banking career of over 16 years.

                        The estranged banker is alleging that he was unlawfully arrested and detained in a cell at Esigie police Division from the 11th day of August, 2014 to the 13th day of August, 2014 without asking him to make any statement whatsoever or granting him access to his lawyer or family and friends.

                          The suit further states that on the 13th day of August 2014, ECOBANK brought officers of the EFCC to Esigie Police Division who took the him to EFCC office in Lagos. It was only at the EFCC office in Lagos on the fourth day of his arrest that he was shown a petition written by the bank.

Relying on a petition by Ecobank, EFCC had published on their website that Victor Amushie had granted loan to himself using several names and accounts to the tune of N81m. 

The petition ECOBANK wrote to EFCC further alleged that Victor was on his way out of the country while he was at work on his desk at the time of his arrest.

But Amushie is insisting that the loans were actually approved and granted following all the due processes of the bank from the Head office of the bank.

He was consequently detained by EFCC of a period of 19 days before being released by EFCC when they had interviewed the customers the loans were actually granted to.

The case is expected to come up for hearing soon.