Isaac Owusu Egyir, a loyal customer of Stanbic Bank running over a decade has caused a writ to be issued and filed on his behalf through his Lawyer, William A. Newman Esq. for negligence and breaches to the contractual relationship between himself and the Bank for unlawful withdrawals from his account.

In his writ filed on the 19th day of June, 2025, copy of which has been secured by The Law Platform and attached to this story below, the Plaintiff-foreign service worker, notified his bank, Stanbic Bank, to “block” or place a “no debit alert” on his account upon the loss of his phone.

According to his 8-page Statement of Claim accompanying his writ, Stanbic Bank, specifically its Dansoman Branch, informed him of the fulfilment of his request only to find out on 3rd and 4th May, a series of withdrawals from his account without his knowledge and consent which withdrawals amount to a colossal figure of GH¢201,670.49 .

He thus alerted his Bankers who quickly blocked further withdrawals from his account signifying their failure, per his writ, to carry out his express instructions which was communicated on the 20th day of April, 2025 with follow up demands of compliance.

Damages

In a particularization ledger of special damages per the writ of Mr. Egyir, he seeks from the Court a reimbursements of some GH¢87, 670.99 as monies borrowed in the absence of the unlawfully withdrawn amount he had earmarked for port duties, demurrage and ancillary expenses in clearing his vehicle from the port.

He further seeks two million cedis from Stanbic Bank as exemplary damages for the unlawful withdrawal and breach of their banker-customer relationship anchored on the contractual relationship between himself and his Bank.