The Federal High Court in Lagos has remanded Solomon Ufayo, an Ecobank staff member, over alleged cybercrime involving N2,404,000.
Ufayo, a relief teller, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge bordering on cybercrime.
According to the charge, Ufayo allegedly impersonated a bank customer, Ogunfodunrin Omowunmi Ajoke, by posting false deposit and withdrawal tellers on her Ecobank account number 2801086259, and transferred the total sum of N2,404,000 into his own Opay account without her consent.
The charge reads: "That you, Solomon Stephen Ufayo, between the 10th to the 28th day of March, 2025, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, while working for Ecobank Nigeria Limited as a Relief Teller, fraudulently represented yourself as Ogunfodunrin Omowunmi Ajoke, by posting false deposit and withdrawal tellers on her Ecobank account number 2801086259, with intent to gain advantage for yourself and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention etc)Act, 2015 and punishable by Section 22(2)(b) of the same Act."
Ufayo pleaded guilty to the charge.
EFCC's operative, David Ngale Gajere, reviewed the case facts, while prosecution counsel Abdulhamid Tukur presented the case.
Ufayo provided an extra-judicial statement and issued a N2,404,000 bank draft as restitution to the petitioner.
The court admitted the prosecution's documents as evidence and adjourned to June 6, 2025, for judgment.
Justice Yellim Bogoro ordered Ufayo remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Centre pending judgment.
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