Solomon Stephen Ufayo, an employee of Ecobank Plc, has been charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Judge Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, arraigned the accused on a single count of alleged cybercrime for ₦2,404,000 (two million four hundred and four thousand naira).
“That you, Solomon Stephen Ufayo, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, while working for Ecobank Nigeria Limited as a Relief Teller, between the 10th and the 28th day of March 2025, in Lagos, 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. This is an offense against Section 22(2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention etc.) Act, 2015, and is punishable under Section 22(2)(b) of the same Act.”
After being read the charge, the defendant entered a guilty plea.
Following his guilty plea, prosecution counsel Abdulhamid L.Tukur called on David Ngale Gajere, an operative of the EFCC, to review the facts of the case.
Gajere told the court that Ufayo, who is a Relief Teller with the Bank, fraudulently represented himself as one Omowunmi Ajoke, a customer of the Bank, by posting false deposits into her Ecobank account and moving the total sum of ₦2, 404,000, which he filled out in withdrawal deposit slips without her consent and paid the same into his own Opay account.
He further informed the court that the defendant provided an extra-judicial statement and also issued a bank draft for ₦2,404,000 as restitution to the petitioner.
He located copies of the bank slips, the defendant’s extrajudicial declaration, and the certified true copy of the bank draft for the ₦2,404,000.
After the documents were admitted and designated as exhibits by the court, the prosecution’s attorney attempted to present them as evidence.
The judge ordered the defendant to be held in the Ikoyi Correctional Center and postponed the case until June 6, 2025, for judgment.
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