Barrister Sunday Wugira, a legal consultant based in Yola, Adamawa State has demanded that First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Yola main branch should reverse alleged illegal deduction of his client’s salary and pay compensation of N500,000.
Wugira, in letter sent to the bank management and made available to reporters in Yola on Monday demanded a reversion of the said alleged illegally deducted funds within 30 days.
The lawyer wrote: “Notice is hereby given that you are to reverse the unlawful amount deducted from our Client’s account for two months of June and July, 2016.
“Forthwith tender apology for this unlawful act in writing to our client, pay damages for the hardship he underwent and is still undergoing as a result of your unlawful deduction to the tune of five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000) .
“Or we shall proceed against you in a Court of Law for redress without further recourse to you.”
Wugira said that his client, Muhammad Auwal Adam, a civil service, obtained a loan from the bank in 2013 payable in over 36 months.
But due to the bank’s alleged negligence, they failed to make the necessary deductions as agreed for a period of four months until Adam faithfully reported this to the bank about the abnormality in February 2014.
He continued that after his client reported the laxity, the bank started the deductions based on an agreement that the deduction would be from the month of complaint, which is February 2014.
Wugira further explained that even after his client’s complaint, the bank deductions were not consistent as some monthly deductions were different from the other until the month of June 2016 when his client received a text message from the bank demanding him to pay up N412, 413.55 as outstanding balance.
“ The bank when ahead and deducted his complete salary of June to the turn of N101,311.32, without reason , leaving our client at the mercy of God only to cater for his family and avail himself at work against your agreed terms,” Wugira added.
According to the lawyer, Adam wrote a complaint for review of his loan and the bank directed him to write an application in that respect, “which he wrote and submitted to the bank on July 19, 2016 at the bank instance to revert that error.”
“But to no avail until the 30 of July, 2016 . The bank again deducted the whole of his July salary despite his earlier complaint which the bank deliberately omitted to rectify.” Wugira said.
Wugira confirmed that the management of the bank has acknowledge receipt of his letter of complaint
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