An account officer with a new generation bank, Access, Elizabeth Modupe Osunjuyigbe, is to face trial for an alleged fraudulent diversion of funds to the tune of over N34m to personal use.
Elizabeth Osunjuyigbe was arrested by the Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) today.
The Access Bank Staff, was alleged to have sent a fraudulent request sometime in January to the Branch Service Manager of the Bank, Adeola Odeku, to issue a draft of the sum of N31, 330, 165. 00 (Thirty One Million, Three Hundred and Thirty Thousand, One Hundred and Sixty-five Naira) in favour of one Best Timland Nigeria Limited.
According to EFCC Investigations, it revealed that the suspect allegedly forged a solicitor’s letter dated January 19, 2021, directing the bank to issue the draft in favour of Best Timland, claiming that the request was for the payment of rent to the landlord of one of the bank’s branches in Akwa-Ibom State.
EFCC Spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said the suspect will soon be charged to court, once the Judiciary Workers strike is called off.
