Oliver Anidiobi, a former acting branch manager of Sterling Bank and account relationship officer of OHHA Microfinance Bank was on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for stealing N187 million.
He was brought before Justice C.O. Ajah of the state’s High Court, sitting in Enugu, on a 32-count charge bordering on forgery and stealing from the microfinance bank.
Herald Nigeria gathered that Anidiobi used his position to convince the Enugu-based microfinance bank to deposit the said amount with him with an accompanying letter of instruction to Sterling Bank.
He was said to have fixed the amount on behalf of the microfinance bank, only for him to forge a ‘Fixed Deposit Certificate’ as evidence of their investment.
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The suspect then diverted the N187 million to his personal use to build a two-storey building of five flats, buy several plots of land along Enugu Port Harcourt Expressway and construct an uncompleted four bedroom bungalow at Centenary Estate, Enugu.
The EFCC also revealed that he made an investment of over N65 million (Sixty Five Million Naira).
Trouble began when the management of the OHHA Microfinance Bank decided to liquidate their two fixed deposits, but they found no record of the transactions found in the system.
The suspect pleaded “not guilty” to the charges.