Two bankers working for Access Bank identified as Agbo John Agama and Edoh Steve, has been convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment for conspiracy, aiding, and abetting fraud to the tune of N9.4 million.
SPY News reliably gathered that they were sentenced to prison in compliance with a ruling by Justice Mojisola Olajuwon of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.
The convicts were prosecuted on one count charge by the Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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 added that the defendants committed an offense, contrary to Section 33(2)(b) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act, 2015, and punishable under the same section of the Act.
However, the accused pleaded guilty to the charge instituted against them.
In view of their plea, prosecuting counsel, Mary Onoja asked the court to convict and sentence them accordingly.
Justice Olajuwon convicted the bankers and sentenced them to three-year imprisonment each.
They were also ordered to pay a fine of N100,000 each to the Federal Government of Nigeria and refund the victim.
