Press announcement from EFCC below...
Justice Ibrahim Mairiga of the Kebbi Situation Excellent Assess has billed Suleiman Ibrahim Musa, Bilyaminu Usman and Lawal Suleiman on a 16-count price around on edge activity, forgery, theft and lawful breach of believe in
presented against them by the Cost-effective factors and Cost-effective Legal violations Amount, EFCC and sentenced them to 91 years in prison.
The convicts, who are former employees associates of FinBank Plc (acquired by First Town Monument Financial institution Plc in 2011), Birnin-Kebbi division in Kebbi Condition, were first arraigned on This summer 21, 2010, and had asked for forgiveness not accountable to the expenses. Musa, who was then the go of functions, defrauded the lender of N101, 707,000; Usman and Suleiman, both tellers connived to deceive the lender of N6, 627,500 and N6, 267,500 respectively. The criminal offenses were dedicated between 2008 and 2010.
They had at different times debited the bank’s clients by undertaking illegal distributions. They were caught by EFCC agents following a case by the bank’s control, after several clients filed problems claiming fake reductions from their banking records.
They had supported up their statements with various documented facts - imprinted remains and financial commitment accreditations. After five decades of test, Rights Mairiga, having been assured by the proof introduced before him by the defending advice, Aisha Habib, discovered them accountable of the expenses. “By considering the amount engaged and weight of proof provided before the judge by the justice, which was never pushed by the defense, it reveals that their inappropriate act triggered a great damage to the lender,” the assess said. “I therefore, find the billed individuals accountable as billed, and so convict and phrase them to 55 decades, seven decades and 29 decades prison time respectively without an choice of excellent, with the prison phrase to provide concurrently”, the assess decided.
The assess also requested the convicts to come back the thieved money to the lender.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Press & Advertising 6th Aug, 2015