The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday 19th October, 2015
arraigned one Onoja Osita Kingsley, a Prison Officer, before Justice A.V.
Agishir of the Federal High Court, Enugu on three counts of stealing,
possession of fraudulent document and forgery to the tune of N3,900,000.
The accused who is a
Prison Assistant with the Nigeria Prison Service allegedly orchestrated the
fraudulent transfer of the sum of One Hundred and thirty two million, nine
hundred thousand naira (N132, 900,000.00)
from six customers accounts with a new generation bank. Three Million, nine hundred thousand naira
(N3, 900,000.00) was transferred into the account of one Uchenna Eze, which
Onoja had opened with forged documents at the Olu Obasanjo Road branch of Access Bank Plc, in Port
Harcourt, River State. He subsequently withdrew
the sum of One Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira (N140, 000, 00) from the
account
He was arrested on the 12th of
January 2015 in Enugu, Enugu State where he had gone to withdraw the balance of
the stolen money.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges
preferred against him.
Justice Agishir adjourned the matter to
October 28, 2015 for hearing of bail application and remanded the accused in
EFCC custody.
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