An Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha has ordered Zenith Bank PLC to pay the total sum of eleven million naira to  Mr. Iwuchuckwu Okeke of Okeke P.C Stores as damages for detaining his five hundred and fifty thousand naira for ten days and also for reputation and business damages.


In its judgement, the court presided by Justice M.N.O Okonkwo ordered the bank to pay a sum of one million naira to the Plaintiff as damages for detaining his five hundred and fifty thousand naira for ten days and the sum of ten million naira as reputation and business damages.


According to Plaintiff who deals with the products of the Nigerian Bottling Company, on 1st March 2017, he paid the sum of five hundred and fifty thousand naira to the account of the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited through the defendant and the electronic transaction receipt evidencing the payment was issued to him but the bank failed to effect the transaction timeously blaming the failure on poor network and all attempts by him in approaching the bank to effect the transaction failed. He thereafter wrote the bank through his lawyer and requested that the money be remitted and that also sum of five million naira should be paid to him as compensation to his loss but the bank failed to act accordingly and he had no option than to seek for justice at the court of law in order to save his business as he was out of stock and had no money to order for new products from the Nigerian Bottling Company.


Attached is a certified copy of the judgement.