The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, has arrested one Kehinde Olumide Agbabiaka, a sales agent of Fidelity Bank Plc.
Filed on August 20, 2019, the petition alleged that Agbabiaka
committed the offence between January 2017 and July 2019.
The suspect, who was
the account officer attached to the customer, was said to be visiting the
business premises of the victim weekly to collect cash with the understanding
that he would remit same to his accounts domiciled in the bank’s Challenge,
Ibadan branch.
But, instead of
depositing the money, Agbabiaka was said to have at different times remitted
only a portion and on many occasions diverted the whole sum to personal use.
In order to cover his criminal acts, the suspect, according
to the petition, would rather issue fictitious bank slips to deceive the
customer that he truly deposited the sums.
This continued until
the customer reviewed the statement of his account and reconciled same with the
cash collection register. It was then they discovered Agbabiaka’s fraudulent
deeds, prompting the bank to put up the petition. So far, the EFCC
investigators have established a prima facie case of diversion and stealing
against the suspect.
Further
investigations also revealed that he had used the suppressed sums to build
houses, purchase cars, invest in fixed deposits and insurance policies. He also
gave part of the loot to people as friendly loans. Some of the items have been
recovered and registered as exhibits.
The antigraft agency
says he will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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