Admin l Tuesday, February 27, 2018
IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria – A former staff of Coronation Merchant Bank, Mr.Nsa Ayi was on Monday arraigned before a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja for fraudulent practices amounting to N733, 906, 951.09. Nsa Ayi was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 10 count charge of fraudulently debiting customers accounts to the tune of N733,906, 951.09.
He entered a guilty plea, but Justice Mojisola Dada of Special Offences Court ordered that Nsa Ayi be remanded in prison until March 6 when the matter will come up for hearing.The EFCC counsel, Nnemeka Omewa told court that the suspect on various dates from January 2014 to January 2017 fraudulently debited accounts using instruction purported to be issued by the them.
The anti-graft commission alleged that defendant falsified account no 2990001176 belonging to Ogunjemo E Mascot and debted it with N2,029,394. And one Ndubueze Caroline Obie’ s account with the sum of N8,169,000.00 purported to have been issued by the owners of the account.
He (Ayi) also debited same account to the tune of N172,076,712.33 using an instruction which he purported to have been issued by same company.
Part of the charge read: ” NSA Ayi on or about 3rd day of June, 2015 being an employee of Coronation Merchant Bank in Lagos within the Ikeja judicial division with intent to defraud falsified account no 2990000186 belonging to Nkoyo Theresa Nkposong in the possession of your employer by debiting the said account to the tune of N1,434,759.77 using an instruction which you purported to have been issued by the said Nkoyo Theresa Nkposong.
“NSA Ayi on or about 20th day of October, 2014 being an employee of Coronation Merchant Bank in Lagos with intent to defraud falsified account no 1990000158 belonging African Alliance Insurance Plc in the possession of your employer by debiting the said account to the tune of N4,130,383.56 using an instruction which you purported to have been issued by the said African Alliance Insurance Plc.
