Ex-banker baggage 39-year imprisonment over N2.7bn fraud in Lagos

The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced a former banker, Christopher Jackson Edeh, to 39 years imprisonment over N2.7 billion fraud.

Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, delivered the judgment after discovering Edeh responsible on 9 counts bordering on fraudulent accounting and unauthorised entry to a pc system.

Edeh was arraigned on February 28, 2024, and was alleged to have altered the checking account particulars of a number of prospects and government-related entities with intent to defraud.

Upon his arraignment, he pleaded not responsible to the fees.

Those affected included the Kano State Government Power Intervention Fund, NNPC Trading Limited, Stallion Vision Ltd, Lagos State Government Blue Line, State Contributory Pension Account and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University.

During the trial, prosecuting counsel, Z.B. Atiku, referred to as three witnesses and tendered a number of paperwork in proof to ascertain the case in opposition to the defendant, whereas the defence referred to as one witness.

In her judgment, Justice Abike-Fadipe stated, “the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and consequently I convict Edeh on all nine counts.”