EFCC arraigns ex-bank employee over alleged N294.6m theft in Lagos

Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a erstwhile worker of a new-generation bank, Chinonso Akujobi, earlier Justice I.O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting successful Ikeja implicit an alleged theft of N294,595,992.

Akujobi was brought earlier the tribunal connected Thursday, July 9, 2026, connected a five-count complaint bordering connected stealing and unlawful conversion of slope funds amounting to N294.5 million.

According to 1 of the charges, the defendant, portion employed by Access Bank Plc, allegedly diverted funds from the bank’s wide ledger into Access Bank relationship fig 0036668871, bearing the names Chinonso A., Uchechi A., and Florence A.

The complaint stated that the alleged offence occurred betwixt January and December 2025 successful Lagos, wrong the jurisdiction of the court, and progressive the sum of N109,325,566.86.

The EFCC alleged that the suspect acted with dishonest intent by converting the funds for idiosyncratic usage done unauthorised payments, an offence said to beryllium contrary to Section 280 and punishable nether Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

When the charges were work to her, Akujobi pleaded not blameworthy t...