N50m Fraud: Former Bank Manager Sentenced To Seven Years Imprisonment (Photos)

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has
secured the conviction and sentencing of one Efe Egube, a former Bank
Manager, to seven years imprisonment before Justice Atinuke Ipaye of the
Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

The
convict, who was a Branch Manager of the defunct Oceanic Bank, was
arraigned alongside his company, Ocean Energy Trading and Services
Limited, sometime in 2014 on a 19-count charge bordering on obtaining
money by false pretence to the tune of N50, 049,000.00, an offence
contrary to Section 1(1) and (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other
Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.

Egube’s
journey to prison began after the Commission received a petition dated
February 6, 2013 written by A.A. Malami, SAN & Co. on behalf of
Sanusi Kamba, owner of Aminu Gandi Petroleum Limited.

The
petitioner alleged that between 2007 and 2008, the defendant used his
position as a Branch Manager to facilitate the granting of a credit
facility to the petitioner, which was disbursed in tranches.

The
defendant was also said to have given the petitioner instruction to
make payments into the accounts of some individuals and companies for
the purchase of petroleum products to the tune of N50, 049,000.00.

However,
the petroleum products were never supplied to the petitioner by the
individuals and companies, thereby making it impossible for the
petitioner to repay the loan when it became due.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge, thereby setting the stage for his trial.
In the course of the trial, the prosecution presented six witnesses
and tendered several documents that were admitted in evidence by the
court against the defendant. The defendant, however, testified in his trial.

Delivering
her judgment, Justice Ipaye convicted and sentenced Egube to seven
years imprisonment on counts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12, 13 and 17.
The sentences are to run concurrently from the day of conviction.

Justice
Ipaye also gave a restitution order against the convict and his company
“for the repayment forthwith of the total amount obtained by false
pretence.”

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