There employees of First Bank of Nigeria, FBN, have been arraigned before Chief Magistrate A Awogboro over the theft of N6.5 million from a customer’s account.
Some people have regarded First Bank of Nigeria Plc as bank that breeds fraudsters.
The three First Bank staffers were arraigned on Monday, January 27, 2014 on a 12-count charge bordering on stealing, forgery and conspiracy.
The suspects, 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.
This is not the first time frauds of this nature will take place at the bank, as even their customers are fast weaning.
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