EFCC Arraigns Prison Official Over N3.9million

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said that it arraign a prisons officer Mr Onoja Osita Kingsley over a 3.9 million naira alleged fraud  before Justice A.V Agishir of the Federal Court Enugu.
Onoja was charged with stealing, possession of foreign documents and forgery.


The accused who is a prison assistant with the Nigerian Prisons Service allegedly orchestrated the fraudulent transfer of the sum of 132.9 million naira from six customers account with a generation bank.
3.9 million naira was transferred into the account of one Uchenna Eze which Onoja had opened with forged document at the Olu Obasanjo Road branch of Access Bank in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
He subsequently withdrew the sum of 140,000 from the account, EFCC spokesperson Wilson Uwajaren said in a statement.
Onoja was arrested on January 12, 2015 in Enugu where he had gone to withdraw the balance of the stolen money. He pleaded not guilty to the charges pleaded against him.
Justice Agishir adjourned the case to October 28 for hearing of bail application and remanded the accused in EFCC custody.