Banker, Businessman Arraigned Over N8 Million Fraud
A 32-year-old banker Divine Ileno and a businessman Kunle Mesele, 42, were arraigned before a Chief Magistrate's Court in Ilorin, Kwara State over alleged N8 million fraud.
The two accused dragged to court on a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, forgery and advanced fee fraud were ordered to be remanded at Nigeria Police Command Headquarters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
It was gathered that on February 16, one Olajide Taiwo through his lawyer wrote a petition to the Kwara State Commissioner of Police complaining that sometime in year 2009, he secured a loan of N3 million from EcoBank which he had fully paid back since 2012.
The complaint added that after few months, he received calls from the same bank's head office in Lagos, demanding him to pay up a loan of N9 million which he never applied for, and that on getting to the bank to complain, he discovered that Divine Ileno had opened fictitious current accounts in his name and that of his wife to secure loan facility to the tunes of N5 million, and N3 million respectively.
The prosecutor, Inspector Wodi told the court that investigation in the case was on-going and requested the court to remand the accused to enable the police to complete investigation.
Chief Magistrate Mohammed Ndakene upheld his submission, directed that the accused be kept in police custody, and adjourned the case to March 16.
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