The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Ebenezer Adeolu Alonge, a Cashier, with a new generation bank,
before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of the High Court of Ekiti State, Ado-Ekiti
division, on an 11-count charge of stealing contrary to Section 390 (9) of the Criminal
Code Laws Cap 16 Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The
bank petitioned the Commission after it discovered that the accused
sometime in February, 2018 failed to credit a N62, 400.00 deposit by a
customer to her account . According to the petitioner, sometime in
February
15, 2017 the customer lodged the said sum into her account but the
transaction could
not be traced despite a
copy of the slip signed by Alonge.
The incident was however investigated
and
the said transaction was allegedly traced to Alonge’s wife account.
Further
investigation revealed a turnover of over
N21,000,000.00 as deposit from other
customers in
the accused's wife’s account. Also, it was alleged that other sums were
traced to his
mother-in-law and wife’s niece accounts, all suspected beneficiaries of
the
fraudulent acts.
The defendant,
however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.
In view of his
plea, counsel to the EFCC, Adeola Elumaro, applied for a date for trial
and urged the court to remand the defendant in prison custody.
However, the defence
counsel, Fasina A. Olayemi moved a pending application praying the court to
admit the defendant to bail. Elumaro however opposed the application on
the grounds that the defendant may not make himself available for trial and therefore
urged the court to deny the application.
Justice Lekan,
however, ordered that the defendant be remanded in Prison custody pending
ruling on his bail application.
The case is adjourned to May
18, 2018 for ruling of the bail application.
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