The Economic and Financial Crime Commission on Monday October 15, 2012 arraigned Mrs. Millicent Ngozi Omeje before Justice V. K. M Udeh of the Enugu State High Court Nsukka division on a twenty count charge of forgery and stealing over twenty million naira.
Mrs Omeje, a former head of operations of Nsukka Township Community Bank (a Micro-Finance Bank) allegedly forged the signature of customers of the Bank and withdrawn money from their account to the tune of twenty million naira without the customers’ authorisation.
The accused, a native of Umudiale Ohom Orba, Nsukka in Enugu State was said to have forged various banking instruments like fixed deposit certificate booklets, Community Bank savings withdrawal slips belonging to several customers with which she withdrew huge sums of money from different accounts with the bank between 2010 and 2011 using her position as a senior manager of the bank
However, when the charge was read to her, she pleaded not guilty. Defence counsel Mr. J .O Olobo prayed the court to grant the accused person bail as the alleged offence was a bailable one.
The prosecuting counsel Marshal Umukoro Onome did not oppose the bail application.
The case was adjourned to November 19, 2012 for trial.
