The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 9, 2026 arraigned a former staff of a new generation bank, Chinonso Akujobi, for an alleged N294,595,992 theft before Justice I.O. Ijelu of the State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.
Chinonso is being prosecuted on a five-count charge bordering on
stealing to the tune of N294.5m.
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.
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