The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has attracted the ire of a lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) over its comment around a petition accusing Ecobank Nigeria (ENG) and Ecobank Transnational Inc. Specialized Resolutions Company (ETISRC) of wrongdoing in a matter also involving Wilben Trade (Wilben), and its CEO, Marcus Wade.
Wilben and Wade had issued a press release to draw attention to their petition, and to inform that the CBN had promised to investigate allegations of wrongdoing against both ENG and ETISRC. But in a swift reaction, the CBN had labeled the press release as fake and dissociated itself from it.
The apex bank which posted a photo of the press release on its social media handles, including X (formerly known as Twitter) and instagram among others said “This information is misleading and not affiliated with the Central Bank of Nigeria. Please be guided!”.
