The police have charged a former Stanbic-IBTC Bank employee, Ajayi Olusola, before a Federal High Court in Lagos with defrauding the bank of N205 million.
The defendant is charged with three counts of conspiracy, acquiring under false pretenses, and unlawful conversation by the Police Special Fraud Unit in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Mr Sylvester Azubuike, the prosecutor, informed the court that the defendant allegedly committed the fraud with two other people, Ayodele Olaogun and Hakeem Abdulhadi, who are still at large.
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According to Azubuike, Olusola, who currently runs a company called Abel System Services Limited, reportedly perpetrated the fraud between 2015 and 2021 while working for the bank.
Justice Abimbola Awogboro arraigned the former banker and his company.
The defendant entered a not guilty plea to the allegations.
Justice Awogboro granted him bail in the sum of N50 million, with two sureties in the same amount.
The case was deferred until November 10 for the start of the trial.
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