The Federal High Court in Ibadan has
sentenced a former employee of Wema Bank, Ademola Oni, to 12-year
imprisonment for conspiracy and money laundering.
The court, which was presided over by
Justice Joyce Abudmalik on Thursday, also ordered that the convict
forfeit all his properties and cash in various banks as proceeds of
crime.
The properties to be forfeited by the
convict are an empty plot of land fenced with black gate located along
the road beside Secam Church, Providence Estate, Sango Eleyele
Expressway, Ibadan.
He is also to forfeit a Honda Accord
Car 2014 model and another empty plot of land located at Alao Akala
Estate, along Akubu Ojuirin, near Apostolic Church, Ikolaba, Ibadan.
Others are a storey building located at
Aminu Olaniran Street, Ikolaba behind the Apostolic church, Ikolaba
Assembly, Ikolaba, Ibadan; and three acres of land at Okuna Village,
Along Akufo Village, by Fumakson filling station, Ido Local Government
Area, Ibadan.
An empty plot of land at No. 16,
Awolowo Avenue, Old Bodija, Ibadan; a storey building located at No. 16,
Awolowo Avenue, Old Badija, Ibadan; and a borehole machine are to be
forfeited also.
He is also to forfeit several sums in
bank accounts, including N43,259,441.22 in a fixed deposit account with
FCMB; N70,614.60 in the name of ‘De-City-Life Enterprise with account
No. 22749019 also domiciled with FCMB; another N7,189.22 in the name of
Oni Iyabo Mary in the same bank; and N966,788.81 in the First Bank
account of Ezomal Ventures, among others.
Ademola was arraigned alongside six
former officials of the CBN and 15 others from different commercial
banks in an alleged case of conspiracy and money laundering.
The bankers allegedly conspired to
steal and conceal mutilated and defaced local currency amounting to N8bn
from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Ademola, who was the fourth defendant
in the case, entered into a plea bargain with the prosecution, and
pleaded guilty to an amended charge.
At the resumed hearing on Thursday,
October 6th, the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Adeniyi Adebisi, presented the
perfected agreement and an amended charge to the court against him.
Ademola pleaded guilty to five of the 24-count amended charge.
Justice Abudmalik convicted him and
sentenced him to two-and-a-half years on each of the five counts. The
sentences are to run concurrently
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