EFCC Arraigns Union Bank Employee For Alleged 80 Million Naira Fraud

             

                   Kolapo Oduwole

Kolapo Oduwole, an employee of Union Bank has been indicted  by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  [EFCC] for an alleged N80m Fraud.

Oduwole was alleged to have forged signatures of the Relationship Manager of the bank on three fixed deposit certificates, presented same to some customers and later got customers to deposit their funds in deposits accounts managed only by him.

He was arraigned before Justice Musa Danladi of the Katsina State High Court by the Kano Zonal Office of the EFCC on six counts bordering on forgery and fraud.

According to  Dele Oyawale, Head, Media and Publicity, in a statement by EFCC said in one of the charges said:

“That you, Kolapo Oduwole, on the 3rd March, 2020, at Katsina, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, forged a certain document to wit: Re: Investment of N80m only with intent to cause damage to one Abubakar Mohammed by making him to believe that you had placed the money in a fixed deposit with Union Bank, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 340 and punishable under Section 341 of the Penal Code Law of Katsina State 2019.”

The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The prosecution counsel, Aisha Habib, applied for his remand in EFCC’s custody.