Justice Bello Lawal of the Kaduna State High Court, Zaria,
Kaduna state on Wednesday June 19, 2013 sentenced one David Danjuma Gwani who
was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 2-
count charge of theft to six months imprisonment on each count and ordered him
to restitute the victim to the tune of N250, 000.
The accused person who is an employee of United Bank for Africa,
Samaru Branch, Zaria, used his position as relationship officer to suppress the
accounts of customers by stealing the sum of N2,948,040 (Two Million, Nine
Hundred and Forty Eight Thousand, Forty Naira Only) from the accounts between
September 2011 and June 2012.
The charges read; “That you David Danjuma Gwani between
September 2011 and June 2012, in Zaria within the jurisdiction of the High
Court of Justice Kaduna State while being an employee of United Bank for Africa
Plc committed theft by stealing the sum of N745, 000 (Seven Hundred and Forty
Five Thousand Naira Only) in possession of the said United Bank for Africa and
that you thereby committed an offence punishable under section 289 of the Penal
Code.
“That you David Danjuma Gwani between September 2011 and June
2012, in Zaria within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice Kaduna
State while being an employee of United Bank for Africa Plc committed theft by
stealing the sum of NN2, 203,040 (Two Million Two Hundred and Three Thousand
Forty Naira Only) in possession of the said United Bank for Africa and that you
thereby committed an offence punishable under section 289 of the Penal Code”.
The accused person pleaded guilty to the charges and was
convicted accordingly.
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