A female staff of Access Bank Plc, Elizabeth Modupe Osunjuyigbe, is in custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for alleged fraudulent diversion of funds amounting to N34 million.
Spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Friday, that the banker was arrested on Friday, April 30, by operatives of the Commission at the Lagos zonal office.
Osunjuyigbe allegedly sent a fraudulent request sometime in January to the Branch Service Manager of Access Bank, Adeola Odeku, Lagos State, to issue a draft of the sum of N31, 330, 165. 00 in favour of a private firm, Best Timland Nigeria Limited.
“Investigations revealed that the suspect allegedly forged a solicitor’s letter dated January 19, 2021, directing the bank to issue the draft in favour of Best Timland, claiming that request was for the payment of rent to the landlord of one of the bank’s branches in Akwa-Ibom State”, Uwujaren said, assuring that the suspect will soon be charged to court.
