Two Access Bank Staff have been convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment for conspiracy, aiding, and abetting fraud to the tune of N9.4 million.
Justice Mojisola Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced the two former staff of Access Bank, Agbo John Agama and Edoh Steve.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) disclosed this in a statement obtained by The Eagle.
The convicts were prosecuted on one count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the anti-graft agency.
According to the charge, the convicts — while being employees of Access Bank Plc, Makurdi Branch, Benue State — and others now at large, on or about the 8th day of January 2021 used an unauthorized access device to withdraw the said sum from the account of one Mejuru Chibueze Gospel.
The charge reads, “That you, Agbo John Agama “M” and you Edoh Oga Steve “M” while being employees of Access Bank Plc Makurdi Branch and others now at large, on or about the 8th day of January, 2021 at Makurdi, Benue State of Nigeria within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, used an unauthorized access device to wit: a primed ATM Card on Account No. 30041040648 being operated by one Mejuru Chibueze Gospel with Access Bank resulting a loss of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N9,400,000) Only to him, thereby committed an offence, contrary to Section 33(2)(b) of Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same section of the Act.”
The defendants pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against them. In view of their plea, prosecuting counsel, Mary Onoja asked the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
Justice Olajuwon convicted and sentenced them to three-year imprisonment each.
The convicts were also ordered to pay a fine of N100,000 each to the Federal Government of Nigeria and restitute the victim in the sum of N2.1 million each.
