Category: Judiciary

IGBO LAWYERS FORUM ELECTS NEW EXCO

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The election of Igbo lawyers forum, known as OTU OKA IWU NDIGBO was held in Benin city on November 23, 2025, where Samuel Abasilim, Esq was elected as Chairman. He pulled 24 votes to defeat the other candidate,  G. Okpala Aniekwe who scored 13 votes. Other candidates were elected unopposed. Those   newly  elected to run the affairs of  forum  are : Chairman- Samuel Abasilim,   vice  Chairman-Alakwe Mbanefo, Treasurer- Azuka Mokwenye, Financial Secretary- Nkiru Ambrose Evelyn,   secretary- Chinedu Kingsley Osueke Publicity Secretary- Emmanuel Udemba, Welfare Secretary- Ifeoma Cynthia Okpara, Assistant Secretary- Anthony OlisaAbutu , Provost – Solomon Mara People have been congratulating the new exco of the Igbo lawyers forum  for their victory at the just conducted election.  Prominent  amongst them  is  Emmanuel O Afolabi, SAN , who  has promised to host them. He said that he was not surprised at the victory of Samuel Abasilim, Esq who described as a humble and unassuming gentleman. He charged the Chairman to take the Association to an enviable height.

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APPEAL COURT UPHELD OKPEBHOLO’S VICTORY AT TRIBUNAL.

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…Appeal Court Lashes PDP, Candidate, Before Striking Out Their Appeal   By Sebastine Ebhuomhan   Thursday, 29th May, 2025. Abuja. All Progressives Congress (APC)-elected governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, the man ex-governor Godwin Obaseki as well as his godson and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Asuerinme Ighodalo, both loath to admit as a master and better strategist, defeated them for the third time on Thursday as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja affirmed Okpebholo’s free, fair, credible, peaceful and populous election victory. Delivering a most anticipated judgement on all the appeals and cross-appeal filed against the election of Okpebholo, the appellate court’s three-member panel of judges unanimously struck out all the appeals for lack of merit and inability to sustain arguments to prove allegations of malpractices and over-voting, particularly lashing the main petitioners, Ighodalo and the PDP, for taking a gamble with their meaningless appeals. Okpebholo, who scored 291, 667 votes to defeat the runner-up, Asuerinme Ighodalo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with 247, 655 votes in the Saturday, 21st September, 2024 governorship election, had also unanimously defeated Ighodalo and the two other appellants at the Election Petitions Tribunal that sat in both Benin City, Edo State and later Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. There were three appeals and one cross-appeal for the day’s judgment. Okpebholo had a cross-appeal marked: CA/ABJ/EPT/ED/GOV/04/2025 that opposed Ighodalo’s appeal marked: CA/ABJ/EPT/ED/GOV/01/2025. The other two appeals were filed by the Action Alliance (AA) through its National Chairman, Rufai Omoaje, and the Accord Party (AP) through its candidate Bright Enabulele. The court opted to consolidate all the appeals as one against the cross-appeal. Beginning with the cross-appeal filed by the respondent/appellant, Okpebholo, the court allowed his cross-appeal after admitting that it was filed timeously and transmitted within the time limit under Sections 167 and 169 of the Evidence Act and after also admitting the cross-appeal’s objection to the admissibility of 133 BIVAS machines, which the appellants tactically did not open to prove their allegations at the tribunal even when Ighodalo tendered them as prime evidence. The court highlighted the appellant/respondents for their inability to sustain their arguments with relevant witnesses by their deliberate refusal to call relevant witness. Importantly, the court nailed them for pleading no relief, especially as “the court has no jurisdiction to grant to a petitioner any relief that was not pleaded.” The court further underlined the fact of the appellants’ failure to tabulate their correct score after everything, obviously because they were not sure of their votes. Delivering his judgement, Honourable Justice Mohammed Danjuma said, “There is no merit in this appeal. This appeal is hereby struck out. It would be right if we had dismissed it, not merely striking it out. As you can see in this appeal, it was simply a gamble.” Speaking immediately after the judgement, Edo PDP Chairman, Anthony Aziegbemi, who represented Ighodalo in court, disagreed with the Appeal Court judges and the judiciary. He said the party’s lawyers would obtain and copiously study the judgment before heading to the apex court. “We will file an appeal at the Supreme Court after studying the judgment.” Reacting to the victory, Governor Okpebholo called on Ighodalo to accept to the judgment of the Court of Appeal that, once again, affirmed his victory. “The Court of Appeal, in its well-considered judgment delivered on Thursday, meticulously reviewed the arguments presented by all parties and ultimately upheld the decision of the lower tribunal, validating the overwhelming mandate freely given to me by the people of Edo State. “This judgment, being a confirmation of the people’s will, should serve as a clear signal for all political actors, especially Asue Ighodalo, who has since been abandoned by his political godfather, Godwin Obaseki, to set aside partisan differences and join hands with the administration to build a more prosperous Edo State. “This ruling is not just a victory for our party, the ruling All Progressives Congress, but a triumph for democracy and the rule of law in our Edo State.” Okpebholo, who was represented in court by his deputy, The Right Honourable Dennis Idahosa and his party leaders ably led by Edo APC Secretary, Mr. Lawrence Okah, commended the judiciary for its diligence and commitment to justice before urging all citizens to be calm and law-abiding. In a review, Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Dr. Samson Osagie lauded Appeal Court Justices and the Judiciary for painstakingly analysing the legal submissions of all the parties to the appeals. The appellate judgement, Right Honourable Osagie added, has further dispensed justice to the matter in favour of the governor of Edo State and the people of the state in general. He called on Governor Okpebholo to continue the pursuit of his development agenda for the state while urging all well-meaning people of the state to support the governor in his patriotic determination to make the reality of a new Edo State. Mr. Sebastine EBHUOMHAN is an award-winning journalist and a media consultant from Edo State, who freely supported Monday Okpebholo to become governor. He can be reached on: usie007@yahoo.com and 08037204620.

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EXCLUSIVE: GOVERNOR OKPEBHOLO HASN’T VIOLATED LAW ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE __EDO JUSTICE COMMISSIONER.

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…Rolls Out Helplines for Access to Justice and Judicial Support. BY:  Sebastine Ebhuomhan   Governor Monday Okpebholo has not violated any law that relates to the administration, structure, finance and composition of the local government area councils in Edo State, enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and other laws. Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Right Honourable Samson Raphael Osagie (PhD.), emphasised in response to an Edo State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) faction’s call on the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to withhold federation allocations to Edo State councils and initiate contempt proceeding against its chief law officer. Speaking exclusively, Mr. Osagie disclosed that the Edo State government under the leadership of Senator Okpebholo is rather committed to strengthening justice administration by ensuring the Ministry of Justice serves not only as the government’s prosecutorial agency but as an institution facilitating Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to protect the less privileged for a peaceful co-existence and social harmony through access to justice. Two agencies the state government has established since 2018 to accelerate justice are: the Citizens’ Mediation Centre (CMC), offering free mediation services to indigent and vulnerable citizens, and the Citizens’ Rights Department (CMD), enforcing citizens’ rights against breaches. “How can the public access the services of these agencies? They are open to all Edo citizens, especially those who cannot afford legal representation. The agencies are located at the Ministry of Justice. Citizens’ Mediation Centre and Citizens’ Rights Department have played indispensable roles in promoting peace, justice and social harmony in Edo State. Of course, security is a key component of the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo. This is why these new departments are playing key roles to ensure that issues that would otherwise escalate are settled amicably without recourse to unnecessary tangos and, of course, sometimes, litigations. “These departments have been made to be statutory agencies under the Ministry of Justice. It is hoped that in no distant time, the agencies will be formally inaugurated to have in law statutory cloak to perform their mandates. A law has been passed to ensure that these agencies stand on their own; because they become one in order to achieve their mandates,” Osagie explained. According to Dr. Osagie, a total of 634 civil disputes have been resolved successfully by the two agencies since inception. The disputes are as diverse as inheritance, matrimony, employment, accommodation, domestic violence, gender oppression, rights violation, and inter-communal violence with the advantages of saving time, reducing costs and preventing backlogs usually associated with litigation. The CRD operates two specialized units: the General Complaint Unit and the Correctional Centre Legal Services. The latter has accounted for 290 inmates’ freedom from overstay in correctional services through prolonged trials, delayed trials and wrongful prosecutions. Osagie disclosed his Ministry’s plans to extend the agencies’ operations from Benin, the capital city (in Edo South District) to Ubiaja (Edo Central District) and Auchi (Edo North District) in order to accelerate justice. He provided two helplines. They are: 08074388080 and 07087058094. He urged citizens to access the telephone lines for judicial support. On the call by the acting Chairman of Edo PDP, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, to the FG to withhold statutory allocations of Edo local government councils owing to alleged violation in Edo State House of Assembly’s suspension of the state’s elected council chairmen and vice chairmen for corruption, Osagie said, “The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) made a very unusual and uninformed call on the Federal Government to stop allocations to local government councils in Edo State. I think it is important we address Edo people on the illegality and ignorance about that call. “First, let me start on the point that the issue of allocations to various tiers of governments in Nigeria, the federal, the states, and the local governments are matters of the Constitution. Section 162 of the Constitution makes it clear that monies standing to the credit of each tier of government, in this case, the local government councils in Nigeria, shall be directly credited to their accounts. It was this provision that the Supreme Court gave verve when it decided that local government councils should enjoy some measure of autonomy. “In this case, this call is uninformed. It is an illegal one in the sense that by Section 7 of the Constitution itself, it talks about the democratically elected local governments as being guaranteed by the Constitution. For that purpose, a law by the House of Assembly of every state shall make provision for the administration, structure, finance, and composition of the local government councils. “In Edo State while it is correct that the chairmen and vice chairmen have been undergoing some inquisition arising from complains of sleaze and corruption at the various councils’ levels, reports have been submitted, which are quite damning on the administration of funds by the local government councils until the House of Assembly competently exercised their powers to suspend the chief executives as at 16th of December, 2024. “Now the position of the law with respect to Edo local government councils is that the democratically elected members and functionaries of the local government councils in Edo State are still in place. The disciplinary action taken against the chairmen, which puts them under inquisition notwithstanding, you still have under the 192 wards of the state today, elected counsellors, from which the leaders of the various legislative councils have now become the heads of the local government administration. “In other words, the PDP is over-stretching the verdict of the Supreme Court to the extent that the local government councils are synonymous with only chairmen and vice chairmen. And that is not the interpretation of that judgment neither is that the interpretation of any law or the Constitution for that matter. “The question to be asked is: in Edo State, do we have a democratically elected local government system in place? The answer is: yes. It is yes because those that were elected are the ones running

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NAMA clarifies inited airlines incident

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CHUKS OKOH The  Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has offered clarifications on the circumstances surrounding last Thursday’s air return involving a  United Airlines aircraft saying the air plane experienced sudden loss of altitude while over Côte d’Ivoire’s airspace. The agency categorically reaffirmed that the incident , which forced the aircraft to return to the Lagos Airport approximately  two  hours and 32 minutes after departure, did not occur within the Nigerian airspace The airspace agency, according to a statement  by its Director in charge of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Abdullahi Musa  said despite having the option to land in Bamako or Abidjan, the pilot, based on his prerogative and assessment of the situation, decided to return to Nigeria. The choice of Nigeria, he said was decided by the pilot  being the origin of the flight and where he probably  considered safer for him to make  a landing rather than Bamako or Cote D’ Ivorie where he encountered the problem. The statement reads : ” This clarification has become necessary owing to some unsubstantiated reports and analyses by certain “aviation experts” whose commentary is borne out of either inadequate information or misinformation. For the avoidance of doubt, the reported incident involving an air return in the Nigerian airspace did not occur within Nigeria’s airspace. Flight UAL 613, a scheduled service from Lagos to Washington fulfilled all departure protocols in accordance with international aviation standards. “Approximately 2 hours and 32 minutes after departure, the aircraft experienced a sudden loss of altitude while over Côte D’Ivoire’s airspace. Despite having the option to land in Bamako or Abidjan, the pilot, based on his prerogative and assessment of the situation, decided to return to Nigeria, being the origin of the flight and where he probably  considered safer for him to make  a landing rather than Bamako or Cote D’ Ivoire where he experienced the loss of altitude.” The NAMA spokesman said upon contact with the flight, ATC activated medical emergency services as requested by the pilot as required by laid down industry procedures. He said all hands were on deck to receive the aircraft on landing. He clarified : ” Lagos Area Control Centre picked the flight 180 nautical miles from Lagos.  It activated a medical emergency stand-by and guided the flight to a safe landing at Murtala Muhammed International Airport. “Upon arrival, emergency protocols were immediately activated by NAMA’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) and ground medical teams, ensuring the safety of all passengers and crew onboard. ” Another aircraft belonging to the airline flew to Lagos from Accra to rescue the passengers having received treatment by the Nigerian medical personnel. Contrary to insinuations this aircraft from Ghana was strictly on a rescue mission and nothing more. “We emphasize that the airline has not violated any airspace regulations and commend the pilot’s professionalism and judgment in prioritizing the safety of everyone onboard. NAMA remains committed to upholding the highest standards of airspace safety and ensuring that all operations adhere to international best practices. “While hoping that this clarification would disabuse the minds of unsuspecting air travelers and reassure them of the safety of the Nigerian airspace, we also implore analysts to obtain authentic information from appropriate quarters before commenting on critical national issues.”

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Petitioners, Respondents Wait, As NJI Prepares Abuja Venue Of Edo Election Tribunal

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By Sebastine Ebhuomhan  Monday, 27th January, 2025. Abuja. Petitioners and respondents of the 2024 Edo State governorship election petition could not resume to trade tackles at the Election Petition Tribunal on Monday, no thanks to the unprepared venue of the hostilities in the Federal Capital City, Abuja. A visit to the new venue of the tribunal situated within the serene atmosphere of the Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad Guest Suites and Apartments of the National Judicial Institute’s Mohammed Bello Centre revealed that the tribunal could not hold on Monday as initially announced. Staff of the Suites and Apartments directed petitioners, respondents, counsels, lawyers, politicians and members of the general public to return on Tuesday. They disclosed that they were just putting the place in a proper shape to host the tribunal. They apologised for the inconvenience the ‘no show’ might have caused interested and expectant citizens. NJI is a big, wide, sprawling and beautiful estate of office and residential blocks. For those who may be planning to travel from outside Abuja, it is a walkable stone’s throw from the Dantata Flyover (Bus Stop) on the Lugbe—Airport Expressway. It is adjacent to the expressway from its location on the Jabi—Karonmajigi Road that also leads to the corporate headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Although effort made to contact the petitioners for their feelings was not successful, it was gathered, however, that the management of NJI had duly informed the Election Petitions Tribunal’s Secretary, Mu’azu Ibrahim Bagudu, Esq., who promptly and duly communicated both petitioners and respondents to stay away. Speaking on the telephone, Edo State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Hon. Samson Osagie (PhD.) confirmed the shift. He said the governor and his ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) were aware of the shift. He expressed optimism of their counsels to resume hostilities to prove the victory of the state governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, beyond all reasonable doubts as soon as the venue is ready. Oblivious of the shift, reporters and correspondents of media organizations such as: the Independent Television and Radio (ITV/Radio) station, the Edo Broadcasting Service Television and Radio (EBSTV/Radio) station, and others, who were sent to the tribunal by their organisations, simply had to turn back at the empty venue after making related enquiry. Speaking at the NJI, a proud Edo State citizen and a former House of Representatives aspirant, Mr. Louis Ebodaghe, said he cancelled all his activities for the day just to come and observe the sitting. He said he has been unable to follow the tribunal’s past sessions in Benin City because he could not make the long journeys to Edo State from Abuja, where he lives. That is why, he added, that he was very happy when the Election Petitions Tribunal announced the relocation of its sitting from Benin City, Edo State, to Abuja last weekend. The Notice of Relocation signed by Mr. Bagudu and released on Friday afternoon moved the tribunal’s sitting from Benin to Abuja. It stated, “I am directed to notify all parties that the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin City, Edo State, has been relocated to Abuja at (the) National Judicial Institute (NJI), Airport Road, Abuja, effective from Monday, 27th January, 2025. For further enquiry, contact the Secretary.” Although the movement caught the petitioners, respondents, counsels, lawyers and observers unaware, it was totally not unexpected following several attempts by supporters of political parties to foment violence around the tribunal’s sittings in Benin City. In a particular daring and brazen attempt to undermine the rule of law, judicial independence and popular democracy, a masked, unidentified lone gunman wearing the campaign T-shirt and fez cap of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate and major petitioner, Dr. Akintunde Asuerinme Ighodalo, stormed the venue of the tribunal and sporadically fired live bullets ostensibly aimed at driving fears into the hearts of the judges in order to derail the progress of the petition. As at when the tribunal adjourned and closed doors on Friday in Edo State, it was hearing the case marked: EPT/ED/GOV/02/2024 filed by Ighodalo and others against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Governor Monday Okpebholo, and the APC, challenging the validity of the governorship election results that Okpebholo won on Saturday, 21st September, 2024, by scoring 291, 667 votes (about 51.1 percent) to defeat Ighodalo with 247, 655 votes (about 43.3 percent). The tribunal adjourned on Friday after taking the testimonies of PW11 and PW12. The sitting will now continue in Abuja on Tuesday with the petitioners calling more witnesses for examination and respondents’ cross-examination, especially if the listed schedule of prosecution witnesses sees no further disruption as witnessed last week when some of the petitioners’ witnesses refused to show up to testify.

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Najomo keeping Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda In Aviation Sector- Achimugu

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CHUKS OKOH The acting director general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo, is successfully driving the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu in the maritime sector. In a statement by the director, Consumer Protection, NCAA, Michael Achimugu, said the NCAA’s ag DG attained glorious heights hitherto thought impossible. According to Achimugu, the NCAA boss since the appointment of Najomo, not a single commercial plane has crashed under Najomo’s leadership Achimugu stated that under Capt. Najomo’s leadership, the Consumer Protection Department of the NCAA has achieved the highest volume of passenger refunds and compensations in its entire history. The Statement Read In Full: My attention has just been drawn to a lame, desperate and obviously sponsored last-ditch attempt by the famed “puff-puff experts” (apologies to Honourable Minister Festus Keyamo SAN) to truncate the confirmation of Capt. Chris Najomo as substantive DG, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA. The poorly written article purportedly signed by one Kolade Hassan and Sy Mohammed, attempts to ridicule the person, character, and competence of Capt. Chris Najomo, an industry icon who has put in over four decades of premium service to the industry as one of Nigeria’s best pilots. Fondly called “Jolly Papa” by air travellers and admirers, Capt. Najomo has served meritoriously as Ag. DGCA since December 2023. Under his leadership, the NCAA has attained glorious heights hitherto thought impossible. But he has had to ensure a turbulent first year in office as shady characters fighting to retain control of the corruption that once pervaded the Authority, have deployed all manners of subterfuge to have Najomo removed at all cost. First, they came with allegations that the man had paid two hundred and fifty million naira to purchase an official vehicle without recourse to procurement processes. When that plot was blown out of the water, this rabid group resorted to all shades of blackmail, sponsored false narratives, among other tactics just to achieve their selfish aims. Let me address their shallow allegations. 1. They claim that Capt. Chris Najomo “….May have declared himself as DG-NCAA in a very boastful manner without presidential pronouncement and Senate confirmation.” This allegation is based on a video where Najomo can be heard introducing himself in a meeting with the following words, “My name is Capt. Chris Najomo, Director-General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority.” There is nothing in the video that mentions his confirmation or otherwise. The DGCA is called Jolly Papa for a reason. He is very charismatic and ebullient. He has always introduced himself the same way in internal meetings. As usual, I will challenge these faceless “elders” to provide evidence of Najomo pronouncing himself as substantive DG NCAA. The NCAA official social media handles have said nothing about the topic of the DGCA’s status. Not even the Spokesman of the Authority has spoken to the media about it. I will waste no further energy on this point. 2. SAFETY: How can anyone claim that a Capt. Chris Najomo who just completed the NCAA’s Flight Data Centre – commissioned by the Honourable Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development – does not care about safety? They wrote, “….what elders see sitting down cannot be seen by a child even if he climbs the tallest tree”. How can the elders who destroyed civil aviation in Nigeria claim to possess the magic wand to fix what they destroyed? In any case, who is a child? Is it Capt. Najomo, a man who has had a more storied career than majority of the industry that they refer to as a child? A sixty five year old pilot, airline administrator, two-time director at the NCAA, and Ag. DGCA for a year now, that these guys with nothing more than their Nigeria Airways mentality are calling an infant? For all of the talk about safety, not a single commercial plane has crashed under Najomo’s leadership. In fact, it was Najomo who suspended Dana Air for poor financial health which was impeding it’s ability to operate safely. That’s a man who cares about the safety of passengers. As for the unfortunate helicopter crash, we will not preempt the NSIB. When their report is released, we will be able to make comments. Runway excursions happen globally, and is not a sign of incompetence of any CAA. Nigeria is not in the top fifteen nations when it comes to air mishaps. These so-called elders did not blame the American FAA for the helicopter crash that killed Nigeria’s Hebert Wigwe. They did not blame the FAA for the chopper crash that killed famous basketball star, Kobe Bryant. They didn’t even blame Canadian Authorities when, on December 29, 2024, an Air Canada Flight AC2259 suffered suspected landing gear issues, or the Korean Authorities for the fatal crash of Jeju Air’s flight 2216 after a bird strike, a crash that killed almost 200 people. They only blame the NCAA when it serves their sinister purposes. These men, whoever they are, do not mean the industry well. Is it possible that these elders know better than actual industry operators who recently called for the confirmation of Capt. Chris Najomo as DGCA? Are they more altruistic than the aviation unions who also called for this confirmation? Whose interest do these old men represent? It can only be theirs. 3. The claim that the NCAA has a target of 224 days for resolving customer complaints is a lie from the pit of hades. The longest timeframe for refund of ticket purchases is fourteen days as captured in Part 19 of the NCAA Regulations 2023. Under Najomo’s leadership, the Consumer Protection Department of the NCAA has achieved the highest volume of passenger refunds and compensations in its entire history. It also had the highest numer of stakeholder engagements in the history of the Authority. Capt. Najomo launched a first-of-its-kind consumer complaints portal for seamless resolution of cases, and to ensure accurate collation, storage, and dissemination of data. Is this why the elders are angry? Why did they not achieve these

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Senate to confirm Najomo as substantive DG

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CHUKS OKOH The Acting Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority Nigeria (NCAA) Capt Chris Najomo is on his way to becoming the substantive Director General of the agency. This followed the transmitting of Najomo’s name to the Senate for confirmation by the Upper chamber next week. Najomo has been on acting capacity for over one year following the suspension of the former DG, Capt Nuhu Musa If confirmed, it will end months of speculation and advocacy by stakeholders in the aviation industry who had been clamoring for his appointment. NCAA workers have praised the leadership style of Captain Najomo and his performance as acting DG, a role he has held for over a year. Industry professionals, unions, and workers frequently praised his achievements, particularly in enhancing domestic airline operations and ensuring seamless flight services for passengers.

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EDO ELECTION TRIBUNAL RELOCATED TO ABUJA

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The Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal has been relocated from Benin City to Abuja, effective Monday, January 27, 2025. According to a notice signed by the tribunal’s secretary, Mu’Azu Ibrahim Bagudu, Esq., the tribunal will now sit at the National Judicial Institute, Airport Road, Abuja. All parties involved have been directed to take note of the new location.

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Bankit MFB records remarkable growth, sets for expansion in 2025

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CHUKS OKOH Bankit MFB says it has recorded impressive transaction values, exceeding ₦100 million in the first few weeks of it’s inception with 50,000 active users, and an impressive 90% transaction success rate. According to Kingsley Ezenwa Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, in a press statement, said Bankit Africa a driving force behind cashless payment adoption in Nigeria, is engaging partners to expand its loan and gaming services, solidifying its position as a leading platform for comprehensive, simplified banking activities. Ezenwa said Bankit MFB, a rapidly growing Fintech company, has made remarkable achievements within its first few weeks of operation by successfully registering over 50,000 users on its platform, a testament to its innovative simple banking approach to digital banking with ambitious plans to service a record 500,000 businesses in 2025 “Bankit MFB is confident in its competitive edge and cutting-edge technology. The financial institution prioritizes the protection of customers’ funds and is committed to diversifying its digital services to enhance customer experience” He noted that since commencing operations in late 2024, Bankit MFB has introduced web banking and other innovative banking products, with more in development. “Bankit MFB is a fast-growing Fintech company revolutionizing digital banking in Nigeria. With a focus on innovation, customer protection, and financial inclusion, Bankit MFB is poised to transform the banking landscape in 2025”

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