The last has not been heard on the brazen stealing that took place in the Iju branch of the Sterling Bank Plc as the victims of the incident have taken their case before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the incident.
Thegazellenews.com’s exclusive investigation has revealed that officials of Providence Height Secondary School Staff Welfare Association have petitioned the anti-graft agency to assist in investigating the matter.
Thegazellenews.com’s source from the EFCC confirmed that the letter was submitted at the Awolowo Road, Ikoyi Lagos Zonal Headquarters of the anti-graft agency on Thursday, 15 November, 2018 and was entered into the mails of the organisation same day at about 12 noon. The petition was titled, ‘Fraudulent Withdrawal Of Funds From Our Account’.
This medium learnt further that the anti-graft agency may have discreetly commenced investigations into the matter.
Thegazellenewws.com had earlier reported exclusively that Documents in our twice within a period of five months, millions of naira have been withdrawn from saving accounts with numbers 0000886683 and 0068955741 belonging to Providence Heights Secondary School Staff Welfare Association.
According to investigation conducted by our correspondent, on Thursday, 6 July 2018, a sum of N1,200, 000 was stolen from the saving account number 0000886683 by fraudsters probably working in tandem with some staff of the bank. The leadership of the association reported the theft to the bank management.
Thegazellenews.com further learnt that after the official complaint on the theft by the association’s leadership, the bank refunded N500,000 to the association. When the association sought for the balance of N700,000, the bank management refused saying the N500,000 it refunded was the one intercepted from the N1, 200, 000 initially stolen.
While the association was struggling to recover the N700,000 balance, there was an election to usher in new executive members for the association.
In order to prevent another theft saga, the new executive members opened a new saving account, 0068955741 with the same branch of Sterling Bank with new signatories.
But to the utter surprise of members of the association, we learnt that on Thursday, 1stNovember 2018, another N1, 700, 000 was stolen in several illegal withdrawals from the account.
All efforts to reach Mr. Dapo Martins, the chief marketing officer of Sterling Bank for the lender’s angle proved futile as calls and text messages placed across to his mobile line were not responded to as at press time.
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