By Ononzure Dania & Aniema Umoh

Lagos—Police, yesterday, charged a banker, Obinna Ezenwaka, before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly defrauding a businessman to the tune of 93,000 US Dollar.

Ezenwaka is facing a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing, fraud, forgery and issuance of dud cheque preferred against him by the police.

The prosecutor, Sergeant Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offences on August 1, in Lagos.

He said that the defendant conspired with one still at large and obtained 93,000 US Dollar from one Mr Dominic Nwibo, under the guise of transferring the said money to Nwibo’s business partners/suppliers in China.

Osuji alleged that the defendant knew that the representation he made to Nwibo was false.

According to the prosecutor, the defendant forged a teller to show that a transfer of the said 93,000 US Dollar was made to China, “when no actual transfer was made.”

He also said that the defendant issued a Diamond Bank cheque of N33.3 million, the naira equivalent of the said money, but the cheque was dishonoured on presentation due to insufficient funds in his account.

Magistrate O. M. Ajayi granted the defendant N1 million bail with two sureties in like sum. She said that the sureties must be gainfully employed, must show evidence of tax payments and their addresses verified by the court; and adjourned the case till January 12 for mention.