4 bankers arraigned over alleged theft of Custom’s N2.2m

The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned four employees of the Skye Bank over alleged fraud and theft of N2.2 million belonging to the Nigerian Customs Service.
The employees are Mohammed Ayuba (26), Ernest Etiosa (33), Adewale Adeniyi (27) and Abayomi Davids (34).
They appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on an eight-count charge of conspiracy, forgery and stealing.
The prosecutor, ASP Barth Nwaokoye, said that the accused conspired and used their offices as cashiers and reconciliation officers to commit the offences.
He said that they falsified the teller for the payment of N2.2 million into the account of the Nigerian Customs Service, and, thus, refused to credit the account.
He said that the offences were committed between March and July at a branch of the bank at the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company premises in Ikeja.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened sections 285, 335, and 409 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges and were granted bail by Magistrate Taiwo Akanni in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties each.
The case has been adjourned till Dec. 18 for mention