Justice Ibrahim Mairiga of the Kebbi State High Court has
convicted Suleiman Ibrahim Musa, Bilyaminu Usman and Lawal Suleiman on a
16-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, theft and criminal breach of
trust brought against them by the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC and sentenced them to 91 years in prison.
The convicts, who are former members of staff of FinBank Plc
(acquired by First City Monument Bank Plc in 2011), Birnin-Kebbi branch in
Kebbi State, were first arraigned on July 21, 2010, and had pleaded not guilty
to the charges.
Musa, who was then the head of operations, defrauded the
bank of N101, 707,000; Usman and Suleiman, both tellers connived to defraud the
bank of N6, 627,500 and N6, 267,500 respectively. The crimes were committed
between 2008 and 2010. They had at different times debited the bank’s customers
by carrying out unauthorised withdrawals.
They were arrested by EFCC operatives following a petition
by the bank’s management, after several customers lodged complaints alleging
fraudulent deductions from their bank accounts. They had backed up their claims
with various documentary evidences – stamped deposits and investment
certificates.
After five years of trial, Justice Mairiga, having been
convinced by the evidence brought before him by the prosecuting counsel, Aisha
Habib, found them guilty of the charges.
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