First
Bank of Nigeria principal officers and others has been nabbed by the
Intelligence Department of the Nigerian Police Force, Zone 10, in Abuja
for forging a signature for fraud.
The Intelligence Department of the Nigerian Police Force, Zone 10,
in Abuja has revealed through its investigation that certain First Bank
of Nigeria (FBN) principal officers, Kunle Awojobi, Managing Director of
FBN trustee, and others forging the signature of Ola Olaniran,
Operational Director of Zone 4 Energy Limited, on some documents used to
obtain an order to take over the farm tank of Zone 4 Energy Limited
over an alleged non-payment of a loan.
FBN had approached the court in July through its receiver, Emmanuel
Oyebanji, to obtain a court order to take over the Zone 4 Energy tank
farm located in the Calabar Free Trade Zone and to freeze the account of
the company. Justice Saliu Sahidu of Federal High Coourt in Ikoyi
granted the order.
The affected company filed a motion to discharge the order through
its lawyer Lanre Ogunlesi, alleging that the order was obtained in error
and that the day of execution of the order had elapsed. Mr. Ogunlesi
argued that his client never received notice of this action.
Justice Abdul Aziz Anka of the same court ruled against the order
when he ordered that some of the assets claimed by First Bank Plc. be
relinquished to Chukelad Nigeria Limited, a third party in trade with
Zone 4 Energy. 2,804,735 liters of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and
1,927,727 liters of Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) were to be evacuated
from the tank farm belonging Zone 4 Energy Limited. He adjourned ruling
until September 8, 2016.
The Nigerian Police Force’s Criminal Investigation Department has
now revealed that the tank farm was received with fictitious documents.
In addition, on August 26, 2016, two First Bank employees, Ayodele
Ogunlana and Razak Yussuf, were arrested by the police at the premises
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Okotiebo and
were subsequently taken to the police for questioning. They were later
asked to sign an undertaking stating that they would appear at the Zone A
police station in Abuja the following day.
It was reliably gathered that they will be charged to court soon.
Source: SaharaReporters
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