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Ex manager of defunct Oceanic Bank  bags 7-Years Jail Term

Ex manager of defunct Oceanic Bank  bags 7-Years Jail Term
Ex manager of defunct Oceanic Bank  bags 7-Years Jail Term(via-IG/officialefcc)

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of one Efe Egube, a former Bank Manager the now defunct Oceanic Bank to seven years imprisonment before Justice Atinuke Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.

According to EFCC report, the convict, who was a Branch Manager of the defunct Oceanic Bank, was arraigned alongside his company, Ocean Energy Trading and Services Limited, sometime in 2014 on a 19-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N50, 049,000.00, an offence contrary to Section 1(1) and (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act No. 14of 2006.

Egube’s journey to prison began after the Commission received a petition dated February 6, 2013 written by A.A. Malami, SAN & Co. on behalf of Sanusi Kamba, owner of Aminu Gandi Petroleum Limited.

The petitioner alleged that between 2007 and 2008, the defendant used his position as a Branch Manager of Oceanic Bank to facilitate the granting of a credit facility to the petitioner, which was disbursed in tranches.

The defendant was also said to have given the petitioner instruction to make payments into the accounts of some individuals and companies for the purchase of petroleum products to the tune of N50, 049,000.00.

However, the petroleum products were never supplied to the petitioner by the individuals and companies, thereby making it impossible for the petitioner to repay the loan when it became due.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge, thereby setting the stage for his trial.

In the course of the trial, the prosecution presented six witnesses and tendered several documents that were admitted in evidence by the
court against the defendant.

The defendant, however, testified in his trial.

Delivering her judgment, Justice Ipaye convicted and sentenced Egube to seven years imprisonment on counts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12, 13 and 17.

The sentences are to run concurrently from the day of conviction.

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