EFCC arraigns former Access Bank employee for theft of N294.5 million in Lagos.
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned a former staff of Access bank Plc, identified as Chinonso Akujobi for an alleged N294,595,992 theft on Thursday, the 9th of July.
The suspect is facing prosecution bordering on stealing up to N294.5m and has been charged before Justice I.O Ijelu of the State High Court in Ikeja Lagos.
According to the statement released by EFCC, one of the charges against the suspect is that she allegedly stole the sum of N109,325,566,86 from the general ledger of her former place of employment, Access Bank, into her own Access Bank account in 2025.
The charge in the released statement read “That you, Chinonso Akujobi sometime between January and December 2025, In Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with a dishonest intent, and while under the employment of Access bank Plc, stole and converted for your own use by unauthorized payments from the general ledger of the bank to your Access bank account number 0036668871 with the name Chinonso A., Uchechi A., and Florence A, the sum of N109,325,566.86 (One hundred and Nine Million,Three Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand, Five hundred and Sixty-six Naira, Eighty-six Kobo), thereby committed an offense stealing, contrary to Section 280 and punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
The defendant however denied the allegations by pleading “not guilty” of the charges read to her. This led to the prosecution counsel, S.M.Yabo asking the court for a trial date and praying for a remand of the defendant in a correctional center.
Justice Ijelu made a decision to adjourn the case, stating October 8, 2026 for the hearing of the bail application and the commencement of trial. Afterwards, the Judge ordered that the defendant be remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
