A crack team of
operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday,
August 6, 2015 arrested one Kato Ifrahimu Nyam and Godwin Odali, both staff of
a new generation bank for conspiring to defraud the bank to the tune of N3.6bn
(three billion, six million naira) with an e-payment mandate purportedly from
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The suspects, who operate
as syndicate, sometime in June 2015, through their cronies submitted an
e-payment mandate of N1.4bn (one billion, four hundred million naira) to Zenith
bank and Access bank Plc.
The banks, sensing a foul
play after noticing some abnormalities on the e-payment mandate discreetly
contacted the Ministry of Agriculture for confirmation and authentication of
the document. A response from the Ministry showed that, no mandate was sent to
the banks.
Hence, the EFCC was
contacted for investigation.
While the investigation
was underway, the suspects in furtherance of their dubious acts submitted
another e-payment mandate of N1.398bn (one billion, three hundred and ninety
eight million naira) to Zenith bank, Abuja branch though one Abiola Oloko, an
accomplice.
In the process, Oloko was
arrested by EFCC operatives.
On arrest, Oloko
confessed that, they have had several meetings to arrange and perfect “the
deal”.
Oloko, who claimed to be
a job seeker said, he was lured into “the business” by the bank officials whom
he claimed gave him an identity card of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development to answer the false name “Femi Babatunde”, but with his real
passport photograph affixed to it.
The suspects will be
arraigned in court as soon as investigation into the matter is concluded.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media &
Publicity
6th August, 2015
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