Man Arrested After Failed Attempt To Steal Bank Customer’s N1.5m

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

A 42-year old man has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrate’s court for an alleged impersonation and attempted to withdraw N1.5 million from a customer’s bank account in Lagos, Nigeria.
The suspect, Lanre Ogunjobi allegedly went to Ecobank plc, Isolo branch with forged documents impersonating one Ogunfowokan Adeleke who owns an account in the bank and attempted to withdraw from his account.
However, he was unlucky as the bank management who know Adeleke phoned him to confirm if he was actually the person that wanted to withdraw the said amount from the account.
It turned out that Ogunjobi was fake and had only planned to defraud Adeleke. He even forged Adeleke’s signature which seem to be similar to confuse the bank.

The bank management quickly detained and handed him over to the police.

At the station, he confessed to the crime.
He was charged to court with impersonation, conduct likely to cause breach of public peace and attempts to defraud Adeleke and the Bank. When he was arraigned, he pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. A.K. Shonubi granted Ogunjobi bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition.
The matter was further adjourned till 5 November 2016.