A former
banker with Fidelity Bank Plc, Friday Yahaya (alias Peter Arikhan) has been
arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, before
Justice Lawal Akapo of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, for
stealing depositors' fund to the tune of N25, 350,000.00.
He was arraigned on a
16-count charge bordering on stealing; impersonation and forgery.
Yahaya, a former marketing staff of Fidelity Bank, Balogun Business Association
branch, Trade Fair Complex, Lagos,
allegedly defrauded nine customers of the bank through diversion of their
deposits into his personal account with the bank. His worst-hit victim had the
sum of N21, 710,000 stolen from his account with the Bank.
One of the charges reads:
“Friday Yahaya (Peter Arikhan) sometime between the months of February and
November 2013, at Lagos within the Ikeja Judicial Division, whilst being a
staff of Fidelity Bank Plc stole the sum of N21, 710, 000 from account number 6050729408 maintained
by Ifeanyi Okoye, property of Fidelity Bank Plc”.
When the charges were read to him, he pleaded not guilty.
Justice Akapo adjourned the matter till March 11, 2015 for hearing of defence's bail
application and ordered that the accused person be remanded in Ikoyi prison.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
Operating licences of 236 out of about 730 bureaux de change operating in Nigeria have been withdrawn by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CB...
-
By Juliana Francis One thing became crystal clear at the passing out parade and commissioning of 385 members of the Cadet Officers bas...
-
Seyi Gesinde reports the tragic death of Dr Myles Munroe, which occured aboard a plane which crashed while trying to land in The Baha...
No comments:
Post a Comment