Banker, trader docked over $40,000 theft

A‎n Access Bank Plc worker, Beatrice Nwanna and a trader at
Oyingbo Market, Okwudili Onyetube, who allegedly obtained $40,000
from a man under the guise of exchanging it for naira, were
arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

Nwanna 33, who is attached to the Ladipo branch of the bank and
Onyetube, 41, were arraigned by the police before Magistrate A. O.
Komolafe.

They are standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy,
fraud and stealing.

Prosecuting counsel, Henry Obiazi, an Assistant Superintendent
of Police (ASP), alleged that the defendants committed the offence
sometime in February 2015, at Okota, Lagos.

He said Nwanna conspired with Onyetube and one Daniel, who is at
large, to defraud the complainant Obinna Ezenwaka, under the
pretence that ‎they were going to give him the naira equivalent of
his money.

Obiazi said the first defendant had approached Ezenwaka and
informed him that ‎she could help him get the Dollar equivalent of
N20.6million ($100,000) which she failed to do.

He said: “After the first defendant collected the sum of
N20.6million from the complainant, she stopped picking his calls
and also refused to return the Naira or the Dollar equivalent of
the money. After several search for her, she later came to pay
$50,000.”

The offence the prosecutor said is punishable under sections
411, 314 (1), (3)‎ and 287 (5) (a) of the Criminal law of Lagos
State 2015.

The duo, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges against
them.

The counsel to the defendants, Lanre Adaramimo, urged the court
to grant them bail in liberal term. But the prosecutor objected to
the bail application.

A‎n Access Bank Plc worker, Beatrice Nwanna and a trader at
Oyingbo Market, Okwudili Onyetube, who allegedly obtained $40,000
from a man under the guise of exchanging it for naira, were
arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on
Tuesday.

Nwanna 33, who is attached to the Ladipo branch of the bank and
Onyetube, 41, were arraigned by the police before Magistrate A. O.
Komolafe.

They are standing trial on a four-count charge of conspiracy,
fraud and stealing.

Prosecuting counsel, Henry Obiazi, an Assistant Superintendent
of Police (ASP), alleged that the defendants committed the offence
sometime in February 2015, at Okota, Lagos.

He said Nwanna conspired with Onyetube and one Daniel, who is at
large, to defraud the complainant Obinna Ezenwaka, under the
pretence that ‎they were going to give him the naira equivalent of
his money.

Obiazi said the first defendant had approached Ezenwaka and
informed him that ‎she could help him get the Dollar equivalent of
N20.6million ($100,000) which she failed to do.

He said: “After the first defendant collected the sum of
N20.6million from the complainant, she stopped picking his calls
and also refused to return the Naira or the Dollar equivalent of
the money. After several search for her, she later came to pay
$50,000.”

The offence the prosecutor said is punishable under sections
411, 314 (1), (3)‎ and 287 (5) (a) of the Criminal law of Lagos
State 2015.

The duo, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges against
them.

The counsel to the defendants, Lanre Adaramimo, urged the court
to grant them bail in liberal term. But the prosecutor objected to
the bail application.