For
daring to dupe an oil marketeer of really huge sums of money in Jigawa
State, two bankers are being made to face the wrath of the law.
Three staff of a commercial bank in Jigawa State are currently
being held in prison custody on the order of a Dutse magistrate’s court
for allegedly duping an oil marketer of about N29.9 million.
Vanguard reports that a source at the Divisional Police
Headquarters in Maigatari, Jigawa State, disclosed that the suspects
connived and duped the oil magnet the said sum.
The three suspected bank staff (names withheld) allegedly diverted
the N29.9 million belonging to the oil marketer to their personal
accounts; the oil magnate, having noticed the transaction, reported the
case to police, leading to their arrests.
The source noted that after thorough investigations, the suspects
were arraigned before Muhammad Usman Lamin of the Dutse Magistrate’s
Court.
After reading the charges to the suspects, they reportedly pleaded
not guilty and Magistrate Muhammad Usman asked that they be remanded in
prison for three weeks, pending the outcome of investigation.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Jigawa State Command, SP Abdul Jinjiri, while confirming the incident, said: “We
received a report from our Maigatari Division of alleged diversion of
funds belonging to an oil marketer by three staff of one of the
commercial banks in the state to their personal accounts.”
Jinjiri stated that the suspects are currently in prison custody, pending the outcome of security investigations.
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