Former
Ecobank Manager Arraigned For Defrauding Customers.
IN BUSINESS .
One Mr. Ifeanyi
Chukwu Azike, a former manager at Ecobank has been arraigned before a federal
high court in Ikoyi on allegations that he defrauded customers to the tune of
N411 million.
Although he
pleaded not guilty to the charges, Daniel Apochi, the police prosecutor, urged
the court to remand him in prison pending trial.
The
presiding judge, Ayotunde Faji, then ordered that the defendant be remanded in
prison till March 8 when his bail application would be heard.
In a charge
marked, FHC/L/56c/2019, the police alleged that between 2016 and 2017, Azike
fraudulently obtained N150 million from a customer of Ecobank Nigeria under the
false pretence of buying him Federal Government Treasury bill in his bank.
Azike was also
alleged to have forged the bank customer’s signature, picture and letter of
instruction which he used in opening another parallel account as Ikenna Okafor
Kelvin with account number: 5333063028.
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