A 22-year-old banker, Afolabi Sanusi has been arraigned
before an Ikeja magistrate’s court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding the bank
where he works.
He was said to have issued some customers fake bank tellers
and after their transaction, he would transfer the money to another customer’s
account who happens to be his girlfriend.
The prosecutor, Inspector Rita Momoh, said that the accused
committed the offences on January 18, at Ojuwoye, Mushin, and Lagos. She said
that the accused diverted N967,000, property of a bank in Mushin.
The accused, a staff of the bank, fraudulently converted
N967,000 to his own,” Momoh said.
“During investigation, it was discovered that the accused
had been transferring and crediting the account of a customer, who was later
discovered to be his girlfriend.
“During investigation, it was discovered that the accused
had been transferring and crediting the account of a customer, who was later
discovered to be his girlfriend.
“The lady was called and she confirmed that the accused used
to credit her account.”
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and
was granted N100,000 bail with two sureties in like sum. The magistrate, Mr. M.
K. O. Fadeyin, adjourned the case till March 8
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