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EFCC, Court order Heritage Bank to freeze Geonel Integrated Services’ account

Heritage Bank has said that the account of a company, Geonel Integrated Services Limited, with it has been frozen on the orders of a court as it is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for financial crimes.
The bank, in a statement, said that contrary to the allegation of the company that it is distressed and unable to honour its obligation to customers, the truth is that it was advised formally to freeze the account by the federal agency through court injunction pending when the investigation will be concluded. 
The bank stressed that it is not distressed and is in good stead to meet its obligations to customers and numerous other stakeholders.
Full text of the statement reads:
Our attention has been drawn to a malicious and untrue report trending online, titled, “Heritage Bank Should be Shut Down- Company Tells Court, CBN” and about the bank’s financial and liquidity condition that questioned the ability of the bank to honour its obligatory engagements with a customer, Geonel Integrated Services Limited.
We want to categorically state that the allegation is not true as the Geonel Integrated Services Limited’s account is currently being investigated for financial crimes by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).
However, the bank was advised formally to freeze the account by the federal agency through court injunction pending when the investigation will be concluded.
The investigation is still ongoing and the bank is under obligation to respect a valid order of court.  
We want to state categorically that Heritage Bank is not distressed as being malevolently reported, the bank is capable to honour its obligations to customers and numerous stakeholders alike.

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