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| MD Sterling Bank, Yemi Adeola |
A notorious syndicate of staff who gained employment with forged certificates and also engages in stealing customers money at the Ikota branch of Yemi Adeola-led Sterling Bank was recently smashed by the men of Nigerian police.
One of the caught staff, 20-year-old Arayode Samuel was recently arraigned by the police for certificate forgery and
stealing of N540, 000 belonging to his employers and customers.
It
was gathered that Arayode, a worker at the Ikota branch of Sterling Bank
allegedly secured employment with the bank using the forged certificate.
He
was arraigned on three counts bordering on forgery and theft.
The
police say the offences contravene sections 409, 285 (7) and 363 of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
The
charges read in part, “That you, Arayode Samuel, and others now at large,
sometimes in the month of August 2014, during working hours at Sterling Bank,
Ikota branch, Lagos, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire with one
another to steal the sum of N540, 000, property of Sterling Bank.
“That
you, on September 20, 2010, during working hours at the Lagos State Polytechnic
Ikorodu did forge Lagos State Polytechnic Higher National Diploma certificate
with Reference No: Reg/Acad/083 bearing Arayode Dare Samuel, dated September
20, 2010.”
He
pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Senior
Magistrate A.T. Omoyele of the Lagos Magistrate’s Court, Tinubu, Lagos Island,
granted him bail in the sum of N200, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
The
matter was adjourned till September 29, 2014.
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