Pronouncing Fadayomi guilty
of all the 30 count criminal charges filed against him by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, Justice Owolabi
sentenced him to jail for stealing N11 million from the bank’s vault while he
was a staff of the bank.
Justice Mohammed Owolabi of
the Oyo State High Court on Friday sentenced a former staff of the Ayete
Microfinance Bank Limited, situated in Ayete, Oyo State, Sunday Fadayomi to six
years imprisonment without an option of fine.
The convict is an
information system expert in charge of the bank’s information technology
section, the position he held for about 10 years before his criminal exploits
were blown open.
The bank, in a petition
dated April 17, 2018, had accused him of sundry criminal activities, including
posting money to customers’ accounts without tellers, posting cash deposit at
weekend when the bank was not opened for operation, accessing loans without
intention to pay and using proxy accounts to commit fraud, among others.
After firming up its series
of investigations into the allegations, the EFCC arraigned him on the 30-count
charge on May 17, 2018.
Fadayomi, however, pleaded
not-guilty to all the charges which border on stealing, contrary to Section 390
(6)(9) Criminal Code of Cap 38, Vol. 2 Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
His plea led to a full
trial which came to a halt on Friday. The EFCC was represented in the case by
Ifeanyi Agwu and Oyelakin Oyediran.
After considering arguments
by the prosecution and defence lawyers, Justice Owolabi held that the EFCC
lawyers convinced the court that the accused indeed committed the offence with
which he was charged.
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