Female Arik staff member docked for alleged N22million fraud

Aichetu Abdullahi

Female Arik staff member docked for alleged N22million fraud

A 43-year old female staff of Arik Aviation center, Aichetu Abdullahi, has been arrested and charged in Lagos State for allegedly logging into the company’s account and siphoning their money to the tune of N22m.

The incident happened at the company’s office in Lagos State, where she was employed as a staff.

According to the Police, the lady, Aichetu Abdullahi, had between 8th October, 2012 and 22nd June, 2024, fraudulently logged into the company’s dormant account severally without the consent of the management and used her GTB details to withdraw the money.

The whole thing got exposed after the company conducted an internal audit and discovered that the suspect had withdrawn money from the account severally. And when she was confronted, she could not deny because the money was traced to her bank account.

The matter was reported to the Police at Makinde Division. She was arrested and charged before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence.

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The charge read:

That you, Aichetu Abdullahi,f on the 8th day of October, 2012 and 22nd day of June, 2024 at about 0900hrs and 1800hrs at Arik Aviation Centre, did fraudulently log into the company’s dormant account severally without the consent of the management and use your Guaranty Trust Bank with account number: 0123209455 to withdraw sum of twenty-two million Naira (N22,000,000.00) and converted the said sum to your own use, property of Arik Aviation Company and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 280 and punishable under Section 287 of the criminal law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”

However, she pleaded not guilty.

The prosecutor, Inspector John Iberedem, then asked the Court to give a date for hearing since she pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that she actually committed the alleged offence.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. E. Kubenije, granted her bail in the sum of N1.5m with two sureties in like sum, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and tax payment while addresses will be verified by the Court.

The matter was adjourned till 20th August, 2024, for mention while the defendant was remanded in custody at the correctional center at Kirikiri town, Lagos, pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.