THE LAW & E-FRAUD IN NIGERIA.
Adedapomola G. Lawal, Esq INTRODUCTION : In the state where I practice law, it has become a routine that everyday there must be at least 10 people at the court to get orders for reversal of funds which were fraudulently transferred from their account to other accounts in the same or other banks. The story is usually the same, upon presenting the orders to the bank, there will be no money in the account to satisfy the amount in the order. Anytime I happen to be in court when these people come for the order, I usually ask the same question which is "Hope your bank has contacted the beneficiary bank so that they can lien the account?" And the answer is usually NO. WHY? I ask. Then they say, "we are required to come with a court order before our bank can do that." And I will be like 😲. In my jurisdiction, when you are defrauded in this way, you can say goodbye to your money. Sadly, before you can get the order for reversal your money will be gone.🙁 This made me c