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EFCC Arrests Two Former Bankers For Stealing Dead Customer’s Money

<h4>EFCC Arrests Two Former Bankers For Stealing<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that operatives of Makurdi Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission&comma; have arrested two former staff of Union Bank in Makurdi for allegedly stealing the sum of N4&comma;199&comma;500&period;00 &lpar;Four Million One Hundred and Ninety Nine Thousand Five Hundred Naira&rpar; belonging to a deceased customer of the bank&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The suspects&comma; Idah Ogoh and Agbo Okwute were arrested on Friday&comma; June 21&comma; 2024 in Makurdi&comma; Benue State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their arrest followed a petition against them by the bank on fraudulent debits on a deceased customer&comma; Emmanuel Azer Agenna’s account&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their dealings were uncovered when the family of the deceased approached the bank for the balance on the account of the deceased for probate processing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25635" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25635" style&equals;"width&colon; 270px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25635" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Makurdi-3-270x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CC Arrests Two Former Bankers For Stealing Dead Customer’s Money" width&equals;"270" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25635" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Idah Ogoh&comma; one of the suspects<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The family disputed the balance given to them by the bank and subsequently sent a complaint to the bank regarding unauthorised debits on the account&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Based on their complaints&comma; the bank carried out an internal investigation and its findings revealed that a debit card was procured on the deceased’s customer account on May 10&comma; 2023 by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Idah Ogoh&comma;<&sol;a> one of the bank’s Sales and Service Associates which was authorised by the bank on the same date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25636" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25636" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25636" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Makurdi-4-300x158&period;jpg" alt&equals;"CC Arrests Two Former Bankers For Stealing Dead Customer’s Money" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"158" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25636" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Makurdi metropolis<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Further findings by the bank showed that the procured card by Ogoh was handed over to another Sales and Service Associates&comma; Agbo Omwute who eventually delivered the card to an accomplice for transfer and withdrawal of funds from the account of the deceased&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Several withdrawals were allegedly made by the suspects through the accomplice<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25634" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25634" style&equals;"width&colon; 293px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25634" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;06&sol;Makurdi2-293x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"EFCC Arrests Two Former Bankers For Stealing" width&equals;"293" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25634" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Agbo Okwute&comma; oneof the two former bankers <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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