Former staff of a new generation bank, Chinonso Akujobi, has been arraigned before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, for alleged theft.
Chinonso was arraigned on Thursday by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She was being prosecuted on a five-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of N294.5million.
The anti-graft’s Head of Media & Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed in a statement that one of the charges reads: “That you, Chinonso Akujobi, sometime between January and December, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with a dishonest intent, and while under the employment of Access Bank Plc, stole and converted for your own use, by unauthorized payments from the general ledger of the bank to your Access Bank account number 0036668871 with the name Chinonso A., Uchechi A. and Florence A, the sum of N109,325,566.86(One Hundred and Nine Million Three Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-six Naira Eighty-six Kobo), thereby committed an offence stealing, contrary to Section 280 and punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charges when they were read to her.
In view of this, the prosecution counsel, S.M.Yabo, asked the court for a trial date and also prayed for the remand of the defendant in a Correctional centre.
Justice Ijelu, thereafter, adjourned the case till October 8, 2026, for the hearing of the bail application and the commencement of trial.
The Judge also ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Ikoyi correctional Centre.
