Aggrieved Nigerians have taken to their social media pages to call out Nigerian commercial bank, Access bank over repeated stamp-duty charges that was deducted from their savings.
According to multiple reports on social media, over the weekend, Access Bank’s customers were debited repeatedly for stamp-duty charges.
Meanwhile, tweets alleged that the bank debited them before the actual date. Screenshots of debit alert for Monday, June 29 were issued on Saturday, June 27.
Some Twitter accounts have called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the issue. They promise to storm the bank, come Monday morning for explanations.
See some of the tweets below;
https://twitter.com/dave_Sars1967/status/1276995335441825795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276995335441825795%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmnewsnigeria.com%2F2020%2F06%2F28%2Fnigerians-call-out-access-bank-over-double-stamp-charges%2F
#accessbank stamp duty charge of February and march in june? E B things pic.twitter.com/mCl2ABhjZn
— Beulah Nwabuko (@upsandupslife) June 27, 2020
Dear @myaccessbank pls return the postal duty stamp charges you've debited from my account 3 times today!
To think the debits are backdated to Feb and March its annoying.
So what will happen when you debit me for other months. Btw I'm boycotting you guys! @cenbank #Accessbank— Mabeline💜💜💜 (@Mabelchise) June 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/callmedrdrew/status/1276952165983100928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276952165983100928%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pmnewsnigeria.com%2F2020%2F06%2F28%2Fnigerians-call-out-access-bank-over-double-stamp-charges%2F
In less than 24 hours, #accessbank has deducted stamp duty/ postal stamp duty 3 times. @officialEFCC ask them some questions please. #accessbank please explain. pic.twitter.com/M41Dp9N0s2
— Dennis Ijeh (@DennisIjeh) June 27, 2020
At the time this report was filed, there was no official response from Access bank.
In other news, on Thursday, April 30, 2020, it was disclosed that as a result of the COVID-19 distress, Access Bank planned to lay off 75% of its Staff.
However Nigerians took to social media to slam the Nigerian commercial bank for its intentions, which it later changed.