Court Sentenced Bank Manager To 121 Years Imprisonment – Details .
It has been reported that an Anambra High Court has sentenced Placidus to 121 years Imprisonment on Friday over diverting a customer’s funds, estimated at over ₦112 million, for his personal use.
In his statement signed on Saturday by its spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, the EFCC disclosed that the convict was arrested consequent up on a petition filed against him and forwarded to the commission.
According to the information shared on facebook, the bank management claimed that the sum of ₦112 million was handed over to Placidus, the branch manager, for a fixed deposit.
Meanwhile, the petitioner claimed that when the bank was approached to terminate and withdraw the deposit, he denied receiving the said funds.
Placidus was consequently arraigned on Tuesday, March 27th, 2018, on 16-count charges bordering on forgery, stealing, obtaining by false pretence and uttering by the Enugu Zonal Command of the EFCC. T
According to the report, the judgement was delivered by Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court in Onitsha.
“Upon receipt of the petition, the EFCC swung into action, and investigations revealed that the convict diverted the money for his own use and issued a fake fixed Deposit Certificate to the petitioner,” Oyewale said.
