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Wema Bank Plc’s market value declined by more than 9% due to heavy sell-offs on the local bourse on Tuesday. Its sharp price depreciation aligned with a broader downturn in the stock market.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Wema Bank PLC’s Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘B’ from ‘B-‘ and its Viability Rating (VR) to ‘b’ from ‘b-‘.  With stable outlooks, Fitch also upgraded Wema’s National Long-Term Rating to ‘A(nga)’ from ‘A-‘(nga)’.

Wema Bank has firmly rejected allegations surrounding the sale of high-value properties in Banana Island linked to the defunct Gulf Bank, maintaining that the transactions were lawful, commercially justified, and executed strictly within the framework of debt recovery obligations owed to the bank.