GTBANK TO CUSTOMERS: DON’T PANIC, NO COURT ORDERED US TO PAY ANY DEBTOR CUSTOMER

LAGOS, Nigeria – Guarantee Trust Bank has called on its numerous customers not to panic, noting that no court in Nigeria, or elsewhere has ordered it to make payment to any debtor customer. The bank made the clarifications, following falsehood and mischievious information that filtered into the social media, purporting that Supreme Court ordered the bank to make payment to a certain debtor customer.

The customer has since deleted formation it churned into the social media, where most of the mischivious reports emanated from.

“The attention of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (“the Bank”) has been drawn to false, mischievous and malicious statements circulating in the news and social media in respect of a purported directive by the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the Bank to make payments to one of its debtor Customers”, the bank said.

The Bank urged its customers and the general public to disregard these false statements since it is nothing but total falsehood. “There was no directive or order issued by the Supreme Court of Nigeria to the Bank to make any payment to any of its debtor Customers”, the bank said in a statement.

The Bank noted that as a responsible corporate citizen, it will act in accordance with its culture and tradition and refrain from making comments about on-going litigation matters but that it will continue to focus on using legal means to recover its bad debts.

“It must be emphasised that the Bank remains undeterred in its recovery drive against recalcitrant debtors.We again reiterate that there is no iota of truth in the falsehood being peddled by desperate and mischievous elements and the general public should disregard same in its entirety”, the bank said, adding that it remains committed to providing best-in-class customer experience to all its valued customers.