Three bank employees and their two accomplices were on Monday arraigned before Chief Magistrate A.O. Awogboro over the theft of N6.5 million from a customer’s account.
They are facing a 12-count charge bordering on stealing, forgery and conspiracy.
The men, Timothy Ibeh, 24; Samuel Dada, 27; Adeyinka Awojobi, 29; Obaseki Ojo, 26, and Simon Abu, 26, were docked at a Tinubu Magistrate Court, Lagos.
The Prosecutor, Chidi Okoye, told the court that the accused committed the offences between October 14, 2013 and November 21, 2013 during work hours at First Bank, Marina, Lagos.
He said that the accused forged the signature of one Onche Ugbabe at different times and stole the sum of N6.5 million from his account.
“Ibeh, Adeyinka and Dada, employees of First Bank solicited the help of Ojo and Abu and used their accounts to stash the stolen money.
“On different occasions, the accused persons withdrew the sum of N500,000, N550,000, N550,000, N350,000, N620,000, N520,000, N825,000, N620,000, N750,000 and N420,000 respectively,” Mr. Okoye, a police inspector said.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 409, 361 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
However, each of the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.
Mr. Awogboro granted each accused bail in the sum of N1 million, with two sureties in like sum, and adjourned the case till February 26 for mention.
I think one of the first criteria in bank employment should a 'test of integrity,but our banks will never do dat,all they care abt is to employ pple that will bring deposit whichever way!dats why this stealing issue is getting rampant!
ReplyDeleteY'all be careful not to keep ur cheque books carelessly cos I heard this d trending syndicate,they tear off pages from ur cheque and forge the signature!
I agree with you
DeleteWhat do u know about HR? For your info, integrity tests are carried out even after employing staff
Deleteintegrity test are done on weekly basis. It has nothing to do with fraud.
Deletemadam stop saying what you dont know. At first bank,even as an ordinary note checker ,your money has to be accurate,else you' re gone. firstbank has zero tolerance for integrity issues. Stella i can send my last integrity video test to you. W e do it monthly with mystery shopping.
DeleteWell u r innocent until proven guilty..........but God, when will I have that kind of money in my account? Well, na small small
ReplyDeleteNa wa o. So our money is no longer safe in the bank. Hmmmmm!
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Na wah ooo....so first bank staffs have joined them too....issokay
ReplyDeletefbn experience the highest fraud since they are the biggest. just last week a manager at the opebi branch made away with 300million.
DeleteLast week it was Diamond bank with their Diamond thieves and now its first bank with these young guys.
ReplyDeleteI guess they want to live large. They don't want to be patient.
No wahal na, let them go and live large in the prison. Ndi ala.
Thifu thifu jankoliko.
All under 30...young guys indeed! The craze for quick and easy money,to think they weren't even unemployed,na wa o! When the ones who are to protect our monies start stealing from us,na to begin put them under bed naa...lol
Deletethey are all new staff. all came in last yr as contract staff.
DeleteAbegggggiiii_na who dem catch be thief. *throws face away**
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ReplyDeleteIgbo, Yoruba, Benin and Hausa thieves
ReplyDeleteHMMMMMMM N THEY ARE SOO YOUNG! THIS CRAZE FOR MONEY. I GUESS THEY WANTED TO BLOW MONEY IN DECMBER
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of John Edochie of Gtb abuja.... Lmao... The guy used bottle scrape the bank head. Got married in Yar'Adua center and he was a bloody ET ooo. A year latter, they made him an ABO. Nobody knows his where about till tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteWhat a country!!! Thieves every where!
ReplyDeleteYes u r right n to think dat dey r so young--- future leaders of tmoro, in no distant time now dey will b vying for positions in govt. Wot is our value orientation going to b like in few yrs frm now? Fraud is very bad: ds d height of greed. *smh*
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