Steve Idowu

UPDATE: To Every Nigerian Who Stood With Me😁😁 I woke up overwhelmed, Thousands of comments. Countless reposts. Strangers praying for me. Lawyers offering advice. Young Nigerians sharing similar stories. I am deeply grateful. You didn’t ignore me. You amplified me. You stood by me. Please don’t abandon me until the very end of this journey. May God bless everyone who lent their voice to mine. 🙏🏽 Now, to be clear: At no point did I call Kuda thieves.@joinkuda @kudahelp_ng At no point did I accuse anyone of stealing. All I have asked for is justice. And clarity. ₦1,450,000 of my legitimate earnings was first frozen due to a court order over an alleged “fraudulent inflow. My name was not on the court document. Later, the funds disappeared from my account entirely. No transaction trail. No clear explanation. No resolution. Frommy post, I have discovered that many Nigerian youths are facing similar situations funds locked for months or years with no clear pathway to recovery. This is bigger than just me. Dear Kuda, I am your customer. If you received a court order to freeze my account, I understand compliance obligations. But as your customer: Did you follow up? Did you verify? Did you advocate? Did you investigate beyond simply placing a lien? Yesterday, I was contacted and asked to take down my post. But what I expected was: A solution. A timeline. A clear explanation of how I can recover my money. I am not trying to tarnish your brand. I am asking you to stand up for your customer. Let Nigerians see that you are actively working toward resolving this. Let this not be another silent case. God bless you all. If this can happen to me, it can happen to anyone. Please retweet, please retweet, please retweet 🙏🙏🙏 @cenbank @fccpcnigeria @SaharaReporters @PremiumTimesng @vdmempire @officialEFCC

How ₦1,450,000 of my hard-earned money disappeared from my Kuda account @joinkuda @kudahelp_ng and nobody is helping. I am a recent graduate of the University of Ibadan. An AgroPreneur. Recognized as one of the most outstanding student AgroPreneurs in 2024 by NAAS South-West. I built my businesses legitimately; selling men’s fashion items, sneakers, and supplying day-old chicks across Nigeria. I don’t smoke. I don’t drink. I don’t do fraud. I hustle. Legitimately. On April 13, 2025, I received an email from Kuda Bank stating that a lien had been placed on my account due to a “fraudulent inflow.” Fraudulent? I was shocked. The money in question ₦2,450,000 came from a transaction on Bybit (a crypto trading platform where I had saved and sold assets) but met #1,450,000 in my Kuda @kudahelp_ng @joinkuda The buyers paid me. I had receipts. I had transaction evidence. I released my assets only after confirming payment. Yet my account was frozen. When I contacted Kuda @joinkuda , I was told there was a court order linked to something called “Pyramid Bank” , a name I have NEVER heard of in my life. It’s Nigeria, you people will say snake swallows money! How did money get from the bank in the first place?! The payments I received were from Moniepoint accounts. I was only a second beneficiary. Still, my money was locked. I was told to get a lawyer. The first lawyer asked for a percentage of the ₦1.45M immediately, money I did not even have access to. At that time, I had just resumed my final year in school. I had already lost my father after secondary school. I lost my mother in 300 level. I had no parents to run to. Only myself and my brothers. So I focused on graduating. Then one day, during my semester exams, I checked my account. The ₦1,450,000 was gone. Not on hold. Not pending. Gone. No transaction history. No reversal trail. Just gone. I contacted Kuda again.@kudahelp_ng @kudabusiness They said receipts were not enough. They said I should get a court order. How does a victim get a court order to recover his own legitimate earnings? Another lawyer later told me quietly: “Forget the money. Many people are in court already. No progress.” So this is Nigeria? Where criminals walk free… But innocent youths lose their hard-earned money? Where a young entrepreneur can trade legitimately, provide evidence, and still be punished? I reported to the Central Bank of Nigeria on October 5, 2025. No response. I have: – All receipts – All emails – The alleged court order copy – Evidence of Bybit transaction – Payment confirmations I am not asking for sympathy. I am asking for justice. ₦1,450,000 is not small money. It represents sweat. Late nights. Legitimate hustle. Nigeria should protect its honest youths ,not exhaust them. I am calling on: Kuda Bank @kudahelp_ng @kudabusiness @joinkuda Central Bank of Nigeria @cenbank Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission @fccpcnigeria @SaharaReporters @PremiumTimesng Please investigate this. Return my money. Let Nigeria be a country where the innocent do not suffer for crimes they did not commit. If you believe in fairness, please retweet, please retweet, please retweet 🙏🙏🙏