Olusegun Raphael, a former staff of the First City Monument Bank, FCMB, has been remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly diverting some funds belonging to a customer of the bank.
The former banker is currently being tried by the anti graft agency for allegedly stealing over N25 million from the said customer, according to a statement signed by Wilson Uwajaren, the Commission’s spokesperson.
Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High court, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, on Monday ordered the accused to be remanded in the EFCC custody after he pleaded not guilty to the allegation of theft.
He was arraigned on six counts bordering on stealing and currency counterfeiting to the tune of twenty-three million, five hundred thousand naira, according to the EFCC charge sheet.
