How 3 bankers allegedly defrauded customer of N51.9m after forging signature, NIM number in Lagos

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Story from Kenneth AFOR, Lagos

Three bankers have been arrested by the Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for an alleged case of conspiracy, stealing, forgery and obtaining money by false pretence.

The suspects, Kagha Emmanuel Uchenna, Okoro Chinasom Davidson and Egbogu Emmanuel Obiora, who are employees of one of the new generation banks, allegedly conspired and defrauded a customer of the bank of the sum of N51,978, 883.37 million.

According to the anti-graft agency, investigations revealed that the trio forged the signature and National Identification Management (NIM) number slip of the customer, activated his mobile banking application and fraudulently withdrew the money.

The suspects, who were arrested on July 7, 2021, at the Nsukka, Enugu branch of the unnamed bank, have volunteered statements and will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

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