N22.1 million theft: Bank staff remanded in Ilorin

Mr. Aribisala Jeremiah, a staff of a commercial bank (name withheld) based in Ilorin, Kwara State, has been remanded at a Correctional Facility in the state.

This order came as a result of allegations that he stole a total of twenty-two million, one hundred and twenty-eight thousand naira from the bank.

Magistrate Jumoke Kamson, presiding over the case, granted the prosecutor’s application and ordered Jeremiah’s remand until the 31st of this month.

Jeremiah was brought before the court by the Kwara State Police Command, who accused him of defrauding the bank of the aforementioned sum.

The bank’s branch Supervisor at Gaa-Odota, Ilorin, Mr. Tolulope Adewusi, who acted as the complainant, stated that Jeremiah, who held the position of Bank Teller, committed the alleged crime between March and June of this year. He purportedly accomplished this by utilizing a friend’s bank account, registered under the name Kehinde Kemisola Kolawole.

Investigations into the matter revealed that Jeremiah, who had been employed by the bank since 2019, breached the trust of the company. He allegedly diverted the specified amount, which should have been credited to the institution’s account, into his own Access Bank and Kuda Bank accounts.

The police prosecutor, Gbenga Ayeni, argued that the nature of the case, involving advance fee fraud, makes it non-bailable. He presented a motion exparte attached to the police report, requesting Jeremiah’s remand in the Correctional facility. This would continue until the police complete their investigation into the matter.

In her ruling, Magistrate Jumoke Kamson granted the prosecutor’s application and ordered Jeremiah’s remand until the 31st of this month.