Bank cashier charged with theft of N625m

A cashier with Wema Bank who allegedly converted a customer’s N625 million for personal use, yesterday appeared before an Igbosere magistrate’s court in Lagos. Thirty-year-old Shola Adeyemi, a resident of Catholic Church Road, Torikoh Badagry, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and forgery. The prosecutor, Sgt. Edward Abiodun, told the court that the […]

A cashier with Wema Bank who allegedly converted a customer’s N625 million for personal use, yesterday appeared before an Igbosere magistrate’s court in Lagos.

Thirty-year-old Shola Adeyemi, a resident of Catholic Church Road, Torikoh Badagry, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and forgery.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Edward Abiodun, told the court that the accused and others still at large committed the offences ‎ in October at the Badagry branch of Wema Bank.

He said the accused forged the signature of the customer, Mr Michael Asanba, and stole the sum from his Wema Bank account.

Abiodun said: “The defendant said that his sick father’s treatment made him to steal the money, but there is no evidence to show that his father was sick.”

The prosecutor said the offences contravened sections 287, 365 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. 

The accused pleaded not guilty.

The magistrate, Mrs O. O Kusanu, granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum. She adjourned the case toJan. 30, 2018, for mention. (NAN)