Federal High Court charges 4 UBA staff for alleged Cybercrime, fraud and stealing Federal High Court charges 4 UBA staff for alleged Cybercrime, fraud and stealing
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. The Federal High Court Yenagoa presided over by Justice Abimbola Awogboro, Thursday ordered the arrest of four staff of the... Federal High Court charges 4 UBA staff for alleged Cybercrime, fraud and stealing

From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa.

The Federal High Court Yenagoa presided over by Justice Abimbola Awogboro, Thursday ordered the arrest of four staff of the United Bank for Africa PLC (UBA) charged with cybercrime, fraud and stealing.

Abimbola issued warrant for the arrest of UBA PLC and four members of its staff for failing to appear in Court even after they were summoned in charge NO:FHC/YNG/10c/2019.

The Defendants, UBA PLC, and four of its staff who allegedly manipulated the account of the Federal High Court and reversed a deposit ordered by the court without authorizations were all absent.

 Awogboro based on the application of Prosecuting Counsel N.A Timothy-Hart  of Department of Public Prosecution Federal Ministry Of Justice issued the warrant.

 The UBA and four staff are facing trial for offences of conspiracy, stealing, fraud and cyber crim at the Federal High Court,Yenagoa, Byelsa capital.

They are alleged to have unlawfully caused the reversal of the sum of  N33,699,450.00 already credited to the bank account of the Registrar Federal High Court, Yenagoa.

The court had ordered Nigerian Agip Oil Company to pay N33.69 million being compensation for an oil spill incident but bankers to the oil firm UBA reversed the payment shortly after compliance.

According to the charge, the defendants claimed to have relied  on a non existing Court Of Appeal Order to cause the said reversal.

The warrant of arrest ordered the Inspector General of Police to arrest UBA PLC and the four staff and bring them before the court on March 30, 2020 the next adjournment date for continuation of trial.

Victor Onyeka-Ben