Court Orders Service Of Contempt Charge On GTBank MD

Justice A. L. Akintola of the High Court of Oyo state has ordered that the managing director of Guaranty Trust Bank, Miriam Olusanya be serve contempt of court charges for allegedly blocking a customer’s account domiciled in the bank’s Apata, Ibadan branch with an order purportedly obtained from a magistrates’ court in Kano state.

The trial for contempt of court was ordered by the Judge following an ex-parte motion brought by Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), lawyer to the bank’s aggrieved customer, Omolara Abosede Ogunkoya.

 

The order issued on September 18, a copy of which was sent to Abuja on Tuesday, September 19, Justice Akintola directed that all court documents relating to the contempt proceedings be served on the bank’s MD and its Apata branch’s Manager, Ms. Funmi Olutayo.

Part of the order reads: “Furthermore, by this order, the applicant herein, is hereby allowed to serve Form 48 (notice of consequences of disobedience to order of this honourable court made on the 7th day of September 2023 and Form 49 (notice to show cause why the order of attachment should not be made and other subsequence processes in these contempt proceedings on the Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Pic, Miriam Olusanya by substituted means to wit; by pasting the said processes on the wall of, Guaranty Trust Bank Pic, Apata branch/business office, Ibadan Oyo state.”

The contempt case was informed by the bank’s alleged refusal to obey the court’s orders contained in a judgment delivered on September 7 directing it to, among others immediately lift the restriction it placed on Mrs. Ogunkoya’s account.

Mrs Ogunkoya had sued the bank following its alleged refusal to lift the restriction it placed on her account without allegedly offering any reason for its action.