Three accused of stealing N22.5m from bank

Three accused of stealing N22.5m from bank

THREE persons were on Friday arraigned before an Abuja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N22.5 million from an account in a bank.

Emeka Uwa, Uche Handy and Ahumanje Igwe were charged with criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation, which are offences contrary to Sec­tions 97,367 and 287 of the Penal Code.

Prosecutor Chris Ojeh told the court that on August 24, the management of Diamond Bank reported to the Inspector-General of Police that the accused per­sons conspired and stole N22.5 million from an account between January and March 2011.

He said that the accused persons forged the signa­ture of one Uchechukwu Ogbonna Innocent and stole the said amount.

When the charges were read to the accused, they pleaded not guilty and their counsel made an applica­tion for bail, which was opposed by the prosecu­tor on the grounds that the offences are not ordinarily bailable.

Magistrate Azubuike Okeagu ordered that the accused persons be remanded in prison cus­tody and adjourned the case to March 12 for hear­ing.

Daily Trust Tues 21^st February 2012

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By Itodo Daniel Sule & Cecilia Saidu

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