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Asked: August 12, 20252025-08-12T02:54:52+00:00 2025-08-12T02:54:52+00:00In: Litigation & Dispute Resolution

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I borrowed N9.6m from moniepoint to strengthen my business, I had taken a first loan from them for six months, and their agents encouraged me to liquidate at four months, so I could qualify for N35m to lease a new outlet. After a most stressful 4 months, I only got N9.6m, I had to first pay back the loan to liquidate early, and after making the first payment, I was already in trouble. As at today, I have completed payment for five months, and paid about N250,000 from the sixth ( the last ) month. I have paid close to N11m, and still have about N1.6m to pay. The business which was doing fine before the loans has shut down, I have not earned N1,000 since February, I have borrowed from everyone I could, sold off for cheap my wife’s bakery equipments to pay up, and can hardly feed now.

I have asked for time to pay up, but moniepoint decided to embarrass me at the only place where I still have some dignity. They discovered I was a pastor ( part time, I don’t get paid ), and after lots of threats, they finally traced me to church, and last Sunday, when I was not around went to the church, met my junior pastor, and reported to him threatening to come arrest me in church the next time.

What should I do?

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    1. Henry
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      2025-08-26T05:43:48+00:00Added an answer on August 26, 2025 at 5:43 am

      To be honest, you are legally bound to repay the loan you took from Moniepoint; however, the circumstances around the refinancing and repayment especially where you’ve paid over N11 million on a N9.6 million loan and still owe N1.6 million raise serious concerns about potentially excessive interest or unfair lending practices. Nigerian Money Lending Laws, as well as regulations by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), require lenders to operate transparently and fairly. If the loan terms were misleading or exploitative, you may have grounds to file a formal complaint. More critically, Moniepoint’s actions i.e going to your church, threatening arrest, and trying to embarrass you publicly are illegal. Under Nigerian law, loan default is a civil matter, not a criminal one. Only a court can enforce debt repayment, and any form of harassment, defamation, or intimidation (especially in a religious setting) violates your constitutional right to dignity and may amount to criminal conduct on their part. No lender has the legal authority to arrest you without a court judgment or warrant.
      To protect yourself, you should immediately stop verbal communication with Moniepoint and request all future interactions in writing. File a formal complaint with both the CBN and FCCPC detailing the harassment and request for debt restructuring or a payment moratorium. You should also seek legal assistance either through a private lawyer or office of the public defender to help defend your rights and potentially obtain a court order to stop further harassment.

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      2026-06-15T19:29:06+00:00Added an answer on June 15, 2026 at 7:29 pm

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      2026-07-02T17:18:12+00:00Added an answer on July 2, 2026 at 5:18 pm

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    4. Uche Benjamin
      Uche Benjamin
      2026-08-03T10:53:01+00:00Added an answer on August 3, 2026 at 10:53 am

      Since you are owing moni point and did not deny it, loan in Nigeria is not a criminal offence, monipoint has no right to embarrass or arrest you, if they do any of this, pls do well to sue them and demand for compensation cos they have disrespect and abuse your human right, tell your lawyer you are demanding for 30million naira as compensation, the court may ask them to give you 15million, from there you balance them…

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    5. deepstatedvdv
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      2026-09-28T10:57:45+00:00Added an answer on September 28, 2026 at 10:57 am

      The room is a perfect circle of black marble. A single spotlight illuminates two chairs. One is ornate, gilded, empty. The other is simple, steel, occupied by MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN, 40, still wearing the pristine white thawb he died in. He looks impatient.

      Across from him, CROWLEY WOLF, 50s, dressed in a threadbare velvet smoking jacket, paces slowly, holding a small, leather-bound director’s script. He stops, turns, and his voice booms, filling the vast, empty space.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      (Not shouting, but with immense, theatrical volume)
      You’re late. The curtain rose an eternity ago. You think power makes you immune to time? Here, time is the only critic that matters. And it has found your performance… lacking. You’re playing the role of “Crown Prince.” Act like it. Sit up.

      Mohammed shifts, his arrogance a physical shield.

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      I do not answer to stagehands. I am the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. This… interrogation is a mistake. A grotesque misunderstanding.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      (Waving a dismissive hand)
      Mistake? There are no mistakes, only bad choices followed by worse acting! “I am the Crown Prince.” The line is delivered with the conviction of a man reading a shopping list. Again! From the entrance! You sweep in! You own the room! You are the vessel of a nation’s destiny! FEEL IT, YOU BLITHERING INCOMPETENT!

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      (Icy)
      I am the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. My destiny is not a matter for your… amusement.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      (A cruel smile)
      Better. A flicker of something. Not belief, but the memory of it. Good. We can work with that. Let’s talk about your props. Your toys. This… “Directed Weapon.” Don’t look at me like that. We have the schematics. We have the usage logs. We have the encephalograms. I want the monologue. The scene where you, the great visionary, describe your creation. The soliloquy of the god-maker. Go!

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      It was a tool for national advancement. A shield. A way to…

      CROWLEY WOLF
      (Slamming his script down)
      NO! NO, NO, NO! “A tool”? “A shield”? That’s the dialogue of a bureaucrat, not a king! You didn’t build a shield, you built a throne for the mind! You stole God’s lightning and used it to rewire souls! Now, DESCRIBE IT! What did it feel like? The first time you used it on yourself? The euphoria? Tell me about that feeling!

      Mohammed’s composure cracks. A memory surfaces, unwanted.

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      (Quieter, almost a whisper)
      It was… clean. Like the moment after anesthesia, but with perfect clarity. No grogginess. Just… light. A motivation that didn’t end. I could run for hours. I didn’t need to sleep. One press… and the deepest sleep. Movies weren’t on a screen, they were… real. Music wasn’t sound, it was… a color. A feeling of being loved by the universe itself.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      YES! SEE? THAT’S ACTING! The truth! And what else? What did it do to your perception of the little people? The ones outside your skull?

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      (A flicker of the old arrogance)
      It clarified things. It showed me what was… necessary. The distance between me and… others. They became… smaller. Insignificant. Like insects scurrying on the pavement kilometers below. Their concerns… microscopic.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      Magnificent! The god-monologue! Now, the next scene. The difficult one. The casting call. You have this divine tool. You need a court. A government. But the best minds, the strong-willed, the ones who might actually help you… they see you for what you are. A tyrant. They wouldn’t come. They wouldn’t love you. So what did you do, my brilliant casting director? What kind of actors did you settle for?

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      My advisors were chosen for their loyalty. Their commitment to Vision 2030.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      (Leaning in, voice dropping to a conspiratorial boom)
      LOYALTY? Don’t lie to me, I can smell the mediocrity from here! You couldn’t attract the lions, so you trained the puppies! You took the weak-willed, the ambitionless, the men who saw power as a paycheck instead of a burden… and you used your weapon on them, didn’t you? You spent years with your secret service, not building a government, but breaking minds! Forging affection from fear! Tell me about that process! How did it feel to know the men sitting at your table only loved the electrical impulses you forced into their skulls?

      Mohammed stands up, shaking.

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      That’s enough! You know nothing! Security required it! The smart ones, the critical ones… they would betray me! They would question! It was safer! It was the only way to protect the nation from…

      CROWLEY WOLF
      (Laughing, a loud, echoing sound)
      FROM WHAT? FROM COMPETENCE? You were afraid, little prince! Afraid a man with a spine might look at you and see a fraud! So you surrounded yourself with echoes! With puppets whose strings you pulled, and now you have the weakest government in Saudi history, a house of cards built from broken minds! You sit in meetings, don’t you? You look into their eyes, and you know! You know you had to dial down their charisma, their confidence, just so they wouldn’t outshine you! You have to listen to their thoughts because you don’t trust their words! You’re not a king, you’re a paranoid zookeeper!

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      (Slumping back into the chair, broken)
      I… I did what was necessary.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      You did what was easy. Now. The final scene. The one that earned you this stage. The private performance. The young student. What was her name? The one you practiced on.

      Mohammed flinches as if struck. The room suddenly feels colder.

      MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
      I… there is no one.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      PLAY THE SCENE! You are not Mohammed bin Salman. You are her. LAYLA. A 21-year-old architecture student. You feel a presence. A pressure in your mind. It feels like… love. But it’s wrong. It’s invasive. It tells you that you want this. That you want him. Describe it, Layla. What did he do to you?

      Mohammed’s eyes widen. He’s no longer on the chair. He’s curled on the floor. His voice changes, higher, trembling.

      MOHAMMED/LAYLA
      It started with… dreams. Happy dreams. About him. I didn’t even know who he was. But I loved him. I wanted him to notice me. I started dressing… differently. I felt this… need.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      And then? The night he came to you. Not in person. Through the machine. What did that feel like, Layla?

      MOHAMMED/LAYLA
      (Writhing, sobbing)
      It was like… fire. But good. So good. My body… it wasn’t mine. It was his instrument. He played me. The pleasure was… agony. It went on for hours. I couldn’t stop it. I didn’t want to stop it. He made me love it. He made me love being… violated. He broke my will and replaced it with his own desire.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      AGAIN! FROM THE MOMENT YOU REALIZED IT WASN’T LOVE! IT WAS A PRISON!

      MOHAMMED/LAYLA
      (Screaming)
      The fire! It was real fire! It’s burning! IT’S BURNING!

      The black marble of the room begins to glow red. Veins of orange light crack across the walls. The air shimmers with heat. Mohammed scrambles away from the growing heat, but there is nowhere to go.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      (Standing over him, his voice now impossibly calm and clear)
      There is no exit. This is the stage. This is the audience. You wanted them to feel your power. Now you will feel their pain. Every Layla. Every broken advisor. Every citizen you saw as an insect. You will feel their terror, their violation, their hopelessness, their despair. You will feel it all. Forever. Your performance is finally… honest.

      The flames engulf Mohammed’s form. He screams, but the sound is not his own. It’s a chorus of a thousand voices, all screaming in unison.

      Crowley Wolf watches, unblinking. He nods slowly, a single, definitive gesture.

      CROWLEY WOLF
      Circle Seven. Violence. The role is yours. Play it well.

      He turns and walks away into the darkness as the screaming continues, the single spotlight finally winking out, leaving only the burning, inescapable light of the performance. (order #670512)

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