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Shock As Skye Bank Teller Steals N49Million From Customer’s Account In VI Lagos Branch
Oct 15, 2016 – Shock As Skye Bank Teller Steals N49Million From Customer’s Account At Adeola Odeku Branch On Victoria Island Lagos
Grace Chinedum, a 37-year-old teller at Skye Bank is currently facing trial at a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly putting her fingers in the till and carting away N49.3 million,.
Chinedum, standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, manipulation of customer’s account and stealing, has entered a plea of `not guilty’.
But the prosecution said the accused committed the offences between June 2015 and July 20 at Skye Bank, Adeola Odeku Branch on Victoria Island, Lagos.
The accused, a bank clerk, conspired with others still at large to steal 236,500 dollars and 20, 800 pounds (N49.3 million) from a customer’s account, according to the prosecutor, Insp. Roman Unuigbe.
Unuigbe told the court how the accused stole from the customer’s account and later sent a mail to her reporting how much she had transferred from the account.
“She also voluntarily handed herself over to the police.’’
Chinedum’s offences contravened Sections 285, 363 (1) and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos, 2011.
In his ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Mr P.A. Ojo, granted her bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum.
He directed that one of the sureties must be a landed property owner in Lagos and adjourned the case to Nov. 28 for trial.
Ego
October 15, 2016 at 6:53 PM
This people, na wah may God save from this greedy bankers. Young lady u will rot in jail, when next u hear bank u go run
Big Aunty Koks
October 15, 2016 at 8:17 PM
I hope the owner of the account will get his money back from the Bank in just the currencies he deposited them. There is no excuse for the Bank to employ questionable characters to perpetrate this type of mischief on customers. Mchweeeeew !!!
Bigdady
October 16, 2016 at 12:45 AM
In every daily basis customer are losing confidence with banking system here in nigeria , imagine.
Tendy
October 16, 2016 at 6:34 AM
49mn in this recession period, what kind of wickedness is that or does it mean our money ain’t longer safe in the bank again?
fifelomo
October 16, 2016 at 7:19 AM
Greediness all the way. Our money are no more safe with people like this.
Danti
October 16, 2016 at 9:22 AM
This is one of the serious problems facing Nigeria, folks outside the country are afraid of the people not the government. How do you grow an economy when common window clerk could do this?
sodiq
October 16, 2016 at 10:46 AM
na waha 4u
K
October 16, 2016 at 4:46 PM
You see the kind of Judges we have in this country, Why giving such a big Thief bail. Just send her to KiriKiri to rot.
betty
October 16, 2016 at 8:24 PM
our money not even safe in the bank.
sola olaniyi
October 17, 2016 at 9:16 AM
if a teller clerk can steal N 49 Million,wonder how much a bank manager will now steal