A 28-year-old micro finance bank teller, Gbenga Okubajo, who allegedly defrauded five customers of N600, 000, yesterday appeared before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
Okubajo, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutor Ben Ekundayo said the accused committed the offences on May 15 at Broad Street, Lagos Island.
He alleged that the accused, a teller at Finex Micro Finance Bank Ltd., stole N600,000 belonging to the bank when he siphoned the deposits of the customers to his account.
“He collected the N600,000 from the customers on the pretext of depositing the money into their accounts .
“The theft became known when the customers came for their money and found out that they were neither deposited into their accounts nor recorded, ” Ekundayo said.
Magistrate A.M. Olumide-Fusika granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in the like sum.
She said one of the sureties should be a relative of the accused and the other, a community leader.
The case continues on January 21.
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