The princely
amount of N46 million in the dormant bank account of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji
Ado Bayero, was simply irresistible for the young female banker.
So the suspect,
Amina Magaji, was prepared to risk everything to reactivate the account and
convert part of the balance there in to her use. The account was said to have
been opened in 1967 but went dormant later. The suspect allegedly applied
for a cheque book, got it and began to operate the account. By the time the
bubble burst, she had, according to a source, withdrawn N17million from the
account. Amina, alongside 12 other staffers of the old generation bank, is
answering questions from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on
the alleged fraud.
The suspect is
allegedly married to a senior staff of a broadcast organisation.
Amina, believed
to be in her late 30s, allegedly began systematic withdrawal from the monarch’s
account since 2011 before she ran out of luck when her boss discovered
discrepancies in the Emir’s signature.
An EFCC source
disclosed that the suspected fraudster requested for a cheque book purportedly
on the order of Bayero which the bank obliged her, but, unknown to other bank
officials, the cheque book remained in her custody.
She consequently
used the cheque to make withdrawals from the monarch’s account.
Bank sources
revealed that Amina within the last four years withdrew N17 million from the
Emir’s account before the scam blew open.
The EFCC source
said the matter was reported to the anti graft agency for appropriate action,
stressing that “consequent upon that, we invited and quizzed 12 staffers
closely related to the account”.
An EFCC
operative, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard on the condition of anonymity, revealed
that “preliminary investigations indicate that many of them have case to answer
as we are able to establish conspiracy and negligence on the part of those
connected with the monitoring and control of the bank account in question”.
It was learnt
that “the bank has raised the alleged stolen money through the 12 staffers
quizzed by the EFCC and returned same to the Emir while the principal suspect
has been fired as part of measures adopted by the bank to restore confidence.”.
In the meantime,
the principal suspect is said to be cooling her feet in the EFCC custody
pending the completion of investigation into the case.
EFCC spokesman,
Wilson Uwajeren, confirmed the story; but refused to go any further.
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DeleteThem say fire accident don kill Rev. Father you dey about him robe. Amina is cooling with EFCC for thiefry and u dey here dey sell car for customs if dem catch u dog wey motor kill for Aba road go better pass u.
DeleteIf i may ask, I thought bank account can only become dormant wen hv less than a thousands naira for six months, so hw come a dormant account will still hv such amount of money? N wat make it dormant?
ReplyDelete@ APC, any account can go dormant in respective of any amount of naira or dollar in d account. The condition of account dormant is that once d account didn't operated for 6 consecutive month it would automatically go dormant.
DeleteThat same question I want to ask, she may even be praying for the emir to die so as to get the money
ReplyDeleteI don't blame d woman,bcos our emirs nd chiefs are bastardly wealthy imagine N46m of d emir's account goes domant even when people are dying everyday in various hospitals in kano 4 ailments dat requires 100k,200k,to a million(s) naira yet he calls himself their emir.i suggest dat d efcc should investigate d emir on where he got d money 4rm.to my northern brothers nd sisters it's high time we should hold our emirs nd chiefs responsible for our under-development.bcos our problem is nt gej or pdp.
ReplyDeleteThe Emir does not need the money so the person most in need of the money decided to use it.
ReplyDeleteGo and ask ur dad who ado bayero is,poor man/woman is asking where did ado got d money!!!Mumu gm n invite efcc.DAN BANZA.
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ReplyDeleteIt is unbelievable that such money is dormant and you have crowd of beggars and amajiris with plates and cutleries gasping around his palace for food. Social justice crusaders in the north - AREWA, Prof Ango Abdullahi, etc will not see anything wrong with this. The north really need to de-worm itself as the starting point of their crusade. The problems are self inflicted.
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