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Speaker 1: Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has alerted the public

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that it prevented the act of mass stealing of depositors’

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funds at Premium Trust Bank pt Bank after some of

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the bank staff conspired together with alleged intention to steal

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after allegedly agreeing with three other persons to manipulate the

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bank server and domain credentials to gain access to the

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bank customers savings database. This EFCC made known on Tuesday

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when the Commission arraigned the suspects before a Federal High

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Court sitting in Lagos State for cyber crime and conspiracy

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to steal. Details of the report and the handing over

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of seven hundred and fifty three units of houses recovered

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by the Commission at Plot one hundred and nine Cadastral

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Zone CO nine, Laceagoma District, Abuja, suspected to be assets

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belonging to the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria CBN

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Governor godwinim Field to the Ministry of Housing and Urban

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Development as presented by the Public Relations to Department of

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the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission e f C C

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reads below. EFCC arraigns bankers three others for alleged cybercrime

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in Lagos. The Lagos Sonal Directorate, one of the Economic

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and Financial Crimes Commission e f C c Awloo, on

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Tuesday May twentieth, twenty twenty five, arraigned the duo of

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Kahinde Odmi and Matthew Adene Damilola, who were both employees

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of Premium Trust Bank, before Justice Alexander o Oi of

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the Federal High Court sitting in Akoi, Lagos. They were

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arraigned alongside Samson Latcham dac Up, the Lagi Amatosho Ninka

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and Sunday Badinie Ocinola on a seven count charge bordering

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on conspiracy to steal. The defendants allegedly conspired to manipulate

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the server and domain credentials of the bank in a

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bid to gain unauthorized access to its database and steel

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depositors’ funds. The planned fraudulent activity was however, averted by

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the Commission. One of the count’s reads that you Kehinde

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Oda Yemi, Samson Latchen dack Up, Bilagi Amitosho Yinka, Sunday

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Badalie Okinola and Matthew Adene Damilola, along with individuals identified

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as Humble at Large, Wazu at Large, Iseriesmaila at Large

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and another referred to as Victor Joshua Almanna aka Oracle

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at Large conspired unlawfully between April and May twenty twenty

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five in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court

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to manipulate the access code. This included the bank’s server,

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IP and domain credentials of Premium Trust Bank Limited, in

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a bid to gain unauthorized access to the entire database

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of Premium Trust Bank Limited, for the purpose of committing

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an offense to wit stealing from the bank’s funds. And

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you thereby committed an offense contrary to Section twenty seven

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and twenty eight one B of the Cyber Crimes Prohibition

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Prevention Its X Etc. Act twenty fifteen, as amended twenty

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twenty four, which is punishable under section twenty eight two

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of the same Act. They pleaded not guilty to the

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charges when they were read to them. In view of

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their pleas, prosecution Council zenat b Hetiku prayed for a

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trial date and the defendants remand in a correctional Center.

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Council to the first defendant, had an ek ad Apodu

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urged the court to admit his client to bail in

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the most liberal terms. He stated that he didn’t have

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enough time to make a formal application. Other council also

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sought to make oral applications for their clients. Justice Howui, however,

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refused the applications and ordered the council to make formal

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bail applications before the court. The judge ordered the first

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defendant to be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Center. The second, third,

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fourth and fifth defendants were ordered remanded at the Ekoye

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Correctional Center. The matter was adjourned till June thirtieth, twenty

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twenty five for commencement of trial. EFCC hands over seven

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hundred and fifty three recovered housing units to Ministry of Housing.

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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC,

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Mister Olo olikoy Aid, on Tuesday May twentieth, twenty twenty five,

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handed over seven hundred and fifty three units of houses

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recovered by the Commission at Plot one hundred and nine

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Cadastral Zone CO nine, Lacegoma District, Habuja to the Ministry

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of Housing and Urban Development. The property measuring one hundred

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and fifty thousand, five hundred square meters and containing seven

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hundred and fifty three units of duplexes and other apartments

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was recovered based on a final forfeiture order granted by

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Justice Jude Onward Boozie of the Federal Capital Territory FCT

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High Court, Habouja on Monday, December second, te twenty twenty four.

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While handing over the property, Olokoyid reiterated the commitment of

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the EFCC to accountable asset recovery and disposal modalities, pointing

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out that such gestures are meant to demonstrate to Nigerians

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that whatever proceeds of crime that we have recovered in

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the course of our work, the application of that will

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be made transparent to Nigerians so that we will not

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allow looted assets to be looted again. He also pointed

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out that it is important for us to emphasize to

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Nigerians that the fight against corruption can work and we

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can really make it work. And one of the key

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factors that actually propels the impact of the fight is

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the need for us to ensure that those who have

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stolen our commonwealth are not allowed to enjoy the proceeds

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of crime, so one of the critical factors of our

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works is that we deprive them of the proceeds of crimes.

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He applauded President Bola Ahmed to Nubu’s stance on the

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fight against corruption, affirming that the handover of the property

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signaled the government’s seriously to the fight against economic and

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financial crimes and other acts of corruption. The handover took

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place in a brief ceremony at the Ministry’s headquarters in Mabushi, Abuja.

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Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangi were praised

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the e FCC for its sustained commitment to asset recovery

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and anti corruption. He further stated that the handover was

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a significant milestone in our collective efforts and determination to

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ensure that recovered assets are put to productive use in

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ways that directly benefits the Nigerian people. Dangi were assured

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that the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development will

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conduct a joint familiarization tour of the estate alongside the

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e FCC to properly access the structural state of the

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estated Gingi Ingi in a mortgage way