The police Wednesday charged a 32-year-old female banker, Adejumoke Anthony, with aiding some fraudsters to steal N90 million from a customer of the bank at Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The defendant who resides in Lekki, Lagos State, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.
The prosecutor, Corporal Innocent Odugbo, told the court that the defendant committed the offences sometime in March 2013, in Lekki, Lagos.
He said that the defendant allegedly conspired with others who are still at large to fraudulently obtain and steal N90 million belonging to one Mr and Mrs Babatunde Oduewu, customers of her bank.
However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge against her.
The counsel to the defendant, Mr O. Ojo, urged the court to admit the defendant to bail on liberal terms.
Delivering her ruling, Magistrate A. Awogboro, granted her bail of N5 million with two sureties in like sum.
She said that one of the sureties must be a blood relation of the defendant while all the sureties must have reasonable means of livelihood; and must be tax payers.
Further hearing was adjourned to January 26, 2016.
-Vanguard
