The
police have filed a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and fraud
against two female employees of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tammy Adoki
and Augustina Ezenwenkwe.
Also
named in the charge before Justice Mohammed Idris are an oil company, Maters
Energy Oil and Gas Limited, UBA, Uche Ogah, Deji Somoye, Felix Eribo, Onu
Ogbonnaya, and Sheidu Olayinka.
The
bank workers were accused of negligence and failing to apply its internal
control procedures in the opening of an account in the name of one Mut-Hass
Petroleum, which the police alleged was fraudulent.
The
police said the bank allowed the account to be opened sometime in 2011 at one
of its regional offices in Lagos in breach of the provisions of the Bank and
other Financial Institutions Act 2004.
According
to the police, the bank was liable to being punished under Section 7(3) of the
Advanced Fee Fraud and other related Offences Act 2006.
Its
officials, Adoki (36) and Ezenwenkwe (39), said to be at large, were accused of
“facilitating, contributing or otherwise being involved in the failure of your
bank to exercise due diligence.”
The
alleged offence, the police said, is punishable under Section 7(3)(b) of the
Advanced Fee Fraud and other related Offences Act 2006.
The
defendants and some other persons still at large were accused of forging the
signatures of one Mrs. Bridget Adeosun and Hassan Olatunji, with the intent
that same might be acted upon as if they were genuine.
They
were also accused of forging a document titled, “Ordinary Resolution of
Mut-Hass Petroleum Limited,” which the police claimed was contrary to Section
465 of Criminal Code, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and punishable
under Section 467 of the same law.
They
were said to have committed the alleged offence in Ikeja GRA, Lagos sometime in
August 2011.
Prosecuting
counsel Mr. Henry Obiazi yesterday said his men were still making efforts to
bring the suspects to court.
Justice
Idris adjourned till June 2 for arraignment.
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