The
Federal High Court in Yenagoa, on Thursday, issued a warrant mandating the
arrest of four staff of United Bank for Africa PLC (UBA) charged with
alleged
cybercrime, fraud and diversion of N33.69 million.
Justice
Abimbola Awogboro made the order following the failure of the suspects to
appear in court to respond to charges in a suit with file number:
FHC/YNG/10c/2019.
The
bank and four other suspects allegedly manipulated the account of the Federal
High Court in Yenegoa by reversing a deposit ordered by the court without
authorisation.
The judge held that the warrant of arrest was an order that gave the
Inspector-General of Police the legal impetus to arrest and present the
suspects in court on March 30.
News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr N.A. Timothy-Hart, the Prosecuting
Counsel, from the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP), Federal Ministry of
Justice had filed the motion for the warrant of arrest order on the suspects.
The
UBA and four staff members are standing trial on a four-count charge of
conspiracy, stealing, fraud and cybercrime.
The
suspects allegedly caused the fraudulent reversal of N33.69 million already
credited to the bank account of the Registrar of the Federal High Court,
Yenagoa.
The
court had ordered Nigerian Agip Oil Company to pay N33.69 million being
compensation for an oil spill incident but the bankers to the oil firm UBA
allegedly reversed the payment shortly after compliance.
According
to the charge, the suspects claimed to have relied on a non-existing Court of
Appeal order to effect such reversal.
NAN
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