Admin l Wednesday, May 11, 2022
TINUBU, Lagos, Nigeria – A former staff of First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Mr. Adebayo Ayokunle has been charged before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing the sum of N30million from his employer.
Atrocities of the 29-years-old banker who was in the e-Settlement unit in Akoka Branch, Lagos was uncovered when the management of the Bank audited the Akoka branch and reported the matter to the Divisional Police Officer, DPO in charge of Lion Building Division, Lagos.
The defendant, a resident of Agric area of Ikorodu, Lagos was arrested in his hideout and charged before the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, Lagos on one count charge of stealing.
Police Prosecuting Counsel, Inspector Hafsat Ajibode told the court in the charge marked M/08/2022 that the defendant committed the offence between February and March, 2019 at the E-Settlement Unit of the bank, Akoka Branch, Lagos just one year after he secured the job.
Ajibode informed the court that the defendant betrayed the trust reposed on him by his employer as a Settlement Officer at the Akoka branch of the bank and fraudulently stole the sum of N30m from his employer’s account, contrary to Section 280 and section 287(7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge and the Magistrate, Mrs. Gbajumo Ayoku granted him N2m bail with two sureties in like sum. The defendant is to be remanded in at the Ikoyi Correctional facility until he is able to perfect his bail.
Ayoku adjourned the case till 18 May, 2022.
