Two bankers, Agbo John Agama and Edoh
Steve were on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, convicted and sentenced to
three years imprisonment by Justice Mojisola Olajuwon of the Federal High
Court sitting in Abuja, for conspiracy, aiding and abetting fraud to the tune
of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N9, 400,000).
The convicts were prosecuted on one
count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission EFCC.
The charge reads:
"That you, Agbo John Agama "M"
and you Edoh Oga Steve "M" while being employees of Access Bank Plc
Makurdi Branch and others now at large, on or about the 8th day of January,
2021 at Makurdi, Benue State of Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this
Honourable Court, used an unauthorized access device to wit: a primed ATM Card
on Account No. 30041040648 being operated by one Mejuru Chibueze Gospel with
Access Bank resulting a loss of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira
(N9,400,000) Only to him, thereby committed an offence, contrary to Section
33(2)(b) of Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable
under the same section of the Act ".
The defendants pleaded guilty to the
charge preferred against them. In view of their plea, prosecuting counsel, Mary
Onoja asked the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
Justice Olajuwon convicted and sentenced them to three-year imprisonment each. They were also ordered to pay a fine of N100,000 each to the Federal Government of Nigeria and restitute the victim in the sum of Two Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira each.
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