No fewer than 12 bankers have been arrested by the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The banker were said to have been apprehended on Friday, October 14, 2022 for suspected insider fraud.
A statement released by the EFCC gave the names of the suspects as Odeniyi Anthony, Deki Kingsley Onyekachi, Oguchukwu Ene, Elendu Chizaram, Anyakora Uchenna, Onah Kingsley, Akwe Elizabeth and Chinenye Grace Acibe.
Others are Victoria Ezedie, Chidi-Ukah Obinna, Etoh Lawrence Uzochukwu and Udeze Harrison.
According to the anti-graft agency, preliminary investigations showed that the suspects allegedly stole funds from some dormant accounts in a branch of an old-generation bank in Enugu.
”The stolen funds were transferred from the dormant accounts to various beneficiaries, with the principal beneficiary already identified by the EFCC.” the statement read
The antigraft agency said the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded