Anti-corruption and elections / EFCC

Lagos Court Jails Man 18 Months for Defrauding Sterling Bank of N30m

Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Adebisi Ridwan Ayodeji to 18 months imprisonment for defrauding Sterling Bank of the sum of N30,000,000( Thirty Million Naira). The convict was initially arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, Ikoyi, Lagos on a one-count charge of stealing to the tune of N30,000,000 before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo. He was subsequently re-arraigned before Justice Fadipe, and the trial commenced de novo on March 3, 2023. The charge reads: “Adebisi Ridwan Ay…