Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- A woman and her company have sued First City Monument Bank (FCMB) for N5 billion, alleging that the bank disclosed a company's account statement to her estranged husband, who allegedly used the information in the document to trace her to her new residence and assault her.

In a letter dated 8 July, FCMB admitted it shared the account statement without authorisation, apologised for the breach, and said it had disciplined the employee involved.

The claimants are First Tirad Global Resources Ltd and Funmilola Soyebo, the company's director and majority shareholder.

In the court documents reviewed by PREMIUM TIMES, Mrs Soyebo and her company, asked the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, to hold the bank l...