29th July, 2023
By Usman Aliyu
A 35-year-old ex-banker, Gift Igbinosun, has been arrested by the police in Edo State for defrauding two persons the sum of N14.9 million under the presence of helping them to change their old notes to new ones.
Igbinosun was paraded by the spokesperson of Edo Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, in Benin on Friday.
The Police spokesperson identified her victims as Mr John Nnamdi and Mr Obasogie Henry Osagieduwa.
According to Nwabuzor, Igbinosun an ex-staff of Keystone Bank was arrested on July 20 on allegations of impersonation, conspiracy, advance fee fraud, obtaining money by false pretense, fraudulent conversion and stealing.
She was arrested following petitions to the police by her victims.
Nwabuzor said the suspect allegedly paraded herself as a staff member of the bank and fraudulently obtained the sum of N7,350,000 from Nnamdi.
He said Igbinosun, also fraudulently obtained another sum of N7,600,000 from Osagieduwa.
“They gave her the money with the hope that as she is collecting the money, she would replace them with new notes, not knowing that she was no longer working with the bank,” he said.
Nwabuzor noted that investigation into the case had been completed and the suspect would soon appear in court.
Speaking during the parade, Igbinosun confirmed that she used to give Nnamdi mint currency for a reasonable commission “but I couldn’t meet up any more, so I was owing him.
“The second person, Henry, I have returned N2.5 million to him, leaving the balance of N5.1 million.
“This has been going on for some months now. I was sacked by the bank about two years ago” she said. (NAN)