Erastus Akingbola, Former MD/CEO, Intercontinental Bank
The agency on January 7th, 2010 sealed up his main house on 12, Ruxton Street Ikoyi, Lagos. 15 exotic cars found in the home were also seized.
A Lagos Federal High Court ordered the interim confiscation of Akingbola’s properties in Lagos, the United Kingdom, Dubai, and Accra.
Among the properties to be seized are Amazing Grace Plaza, Ligali Ayorinde Street, Victoria Island, Lagos; properties, cars, and personal assets on Milverton Road, Ikoyi; 2 Bedwell Road, Ikoyi, Lagos; 26 Chester Terrace, London; 65 Gove-End Road, London; and 8 Connaught Street, London.
Erastus Akingbola's on 12, Ruxton Street Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
The Courts also restrained the ex-bank chief from touching the NGN 346 billion (USD 2.3 billion) in his bank accounts, pending his arrest and prosecution for alleged mismanagement of depositors’ funds and abuse of office.
Source(s): Linda Ikeji
#1 by Mollie Montes on January 16th, 2010
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Good Day,
Comment on South Africa’s FirstRand which controls the First National Bank in Johannesburg South Africa.
I wish to have this information known at every level:
Over the year of 2009 I corresponded with a man using the name of Temba Zuma who led me to believe that he was affiliated with the First National Bank and that he was handling a lottery win in the amount of One Million Dollars accessed by an ATM card. I wrote to the First National Bank in Johannesburg attempting to acquire information on the man mentioned above without response.
The man was very skilful in sending information which also led me to believe that he was truthful, even tho’ I knew it was still possible that he was a fraud.
His email address: fnb171@live.com with a telephone number of 27832109758.
He sent his own identification card with a photo on it; he later sent another identification card with the photo and name of Louis Harlan as an officer of Bank of America in Texas. All looked very official.
Over this period of time, he requested funds which ultimately totalled $1525 USD. This total approximated request from another bank which wanted to send funds. I did send him the various amounts with the idea that the dollars were needed in the context of his requests.
Now that all transactions have been completed, there is no lottery money, no further correspondence from this man. So, to our knowledge and distress, we know that Temba Zuma and his partner in crime who received the funds Victor Okpara in Berea, Joahnnesburg are frauds and never had intention of sending funds nor were there any to send.
I am going to send this information to EFCC along with copies of funds sent.
We thank you to publish this information for all to see so that there will be no more of this fraud acted upon anyone.
Sincerely, Mollie Montes (South Carolina) and Carol Lee Ware (Texas)
#2 by Kathy on January 16th, 2010
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You are what Nigerians call a “mugu”. “Mugu” means fool, dunce, someone who is not sharp, a stupid/slow person. You got hustled!
#3 by mary henson on January 20th, 2010
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I met Steven Cantrell on a dating site. He was supposedly working on an iron ore deal. He lost his wallet and couldn’t get money because his bank is in New York. I sent hime $5000. He used a friend, Michael Ratto, to get the money from Western Union.
#4 by saddam on January 31st, 2010
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My name is Saddam send me message in one day was that the writing
Im won amount of $ 550 thousand dollars send me check my name written on it
Everything completeness and legal papers from the court I honestly believed in a 100%
after a recount of the British Gmomp I am able to
Deliver the check to you to pay the required amount of $ 2000 I paid machine limit
Now Bbat machine in the check machine of 2009, 6 months Please limit
Help me