Banks release names of debtors and famous Nigerians like Abike Dabiri made the list

About 13 Nigerian Deposit Money Banks have released the names of their delinquent debtors and loan defaulters.

So far, the banks that have released their list of debtors are; First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Access Bank Plc, Diamond Bank Plc and Unity Bank Plc.

The other banks are; Zenith Bank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Union Bank Plc, Sterling Bank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Heritage Bank Limited and Enterprise Bank Limited.

First Bank published 92 names of delinquent debtors, with N43.72bn as the total amount of non-performing loans.

The first five companies on First Bank’s list, which owe a combined sum of N23bn, are; Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited, Starcomm Plc; BGL Securities Limited, Shield Petroleum Limited and Fargo Petroleum and Gas Limited.

Unity Bank released a list of 260 names of delinquent debtors with a combined non-performing loans of N45.52bn.

On Unity Bank’s list includes prominent Nigerians like; Umar Mutallab’s DeanShanger Project Limited, N3.6bn; Senator Ayodele Arise and a former Minister of State for Works, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye’s International Payment Devices Limited, N81.9m; and Prince Adeyanju Olateru-Olagbegi’s Cupid Investment BDC, N90.1m.

Other companies on the list are Ekiti Kete Mass Transit, which owes N991m; Fargo Petroleum and Gas Limited, N2.5bn; Ava Cement Limited, N.8bn; and Plywood Chemical and Accessories, N1.1bn.

Access Bank on its part, published a list of 11 delinquent debtors, with a combined NPL figure of approximately N3.4bn while Diamond Bank’s list of debtors owe a combined N47.17bn.

On Diamond Bank’s list are several companies belonging to prominent Nigerians.

They are; Sir Emeka Offor’s Global ScanSystem Limited, which owes N181m; a former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s Thriller Eneavours, owes N122m; and a former Delta State Commissioner for Sports Solomon Ogba’s Delta Mega Trend Limited, which owes N89m.

Other banks expected to publish their lists this week are Ecobank Nigeria, First City Monument Bank Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Keystone Bank Limited, United Bank for Africa Plc and Wema Bank Plc.