Buyer Sues Opay Over Alleged Unlawful Account Freeze, Claims Motion Led to Father’s Dying

Filed via his counsel, Barrister Olalekan Ogunbunmi, the go well with challenges Opay Digital Service Restricted’s choice to put a restriction on King’s account with out what he described as lawful authority.

Buyer has sued Opay over alleged unlawful account freeze and claimed motion led to father’s demise.

NewsOnline Nigeria reviews {that a} buyer of Opay Digital Service Restricted, a number one Nigerian fintech and cell cash operator, has filed a go well with towards the corporate on the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Lagos over the alleged illegal freezing of his account, an motion he claims contributed to the demise of his father.

The applicant, Moses King, instituted the go well with below the Basic Rights (Enforcement Process) Guidelines, 2009, pursuant to Part 46(3) of the 1999 Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The case is marked FHC/L/CS/178/2026.

Filed via his counsel, Barrister Olalekan Ogunbunmi, the go well with challenges Opay Digital Service Restricted’s choice to put a restriction on King’s account with out what he described as lawful authority.

In response to court docket paperwork, King’s Opay account (Account No: 8087652738) was positioned on Publish No Debit (PND) from September 17 to December 9, 2025, allegedly with none court docket order or directive from a regulation enforcement company.

King contended that the restriction denied him entry to ₦500,000 he meant to make use of to settle his father’s hospital payments. His father, who had been hospitalised since September 10, 2025, reportedly handed away on December 15, 2025.

Within the originating utility, King is asking the court docket to declare that the freezing of his account was unlawful, unconstitutional and a violation of his basic rights. He particularly alleged breaches of Sections 34, 36, 43 and 44 of the Structure, arguing that the motion amounted to inhuman remedy and illegal deprivation of property.

The applicant can be looking for ₦50 million in exemplary damages, alongside an order directing Opay to challenge a public apology to be printed in two nationwide newspapers.

To help his claims, King filed a 23-paragraph affidavit during which he said that he’s a dealer who has used his Opay account for lawful transactions over a protracted interval with none prior points. He alleged that upon contacting Opay’s customer support, he was knowledgeable that the account had been frozen however was not supplied with any court docket order authorising the motion.

He additional claimed that Opay later attributed the restriction to an inner financial institution report, insisting that he had by no means engaged in fraud or any unlawful monetary exercise. In response to him, the account freeze subjected him to extreme hardship and compelled him to depend on neighbours for primary sustenance.

As of the time of submitting this report, Opay Digital Service Restricted had not filed any response to the go well with, regardless of being duly served.

In the meantime, Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal Excessive Courtroom has mounted March 2 for the listening to of the matter.