Five bankers with Sterling Bank, sokoto branch have been arrested by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigerian Police over their roles in the theft of N146.7 million from the bank.
Albert Nsude, 32; Danladi Garba, 38; Nasir Shehu, 40; Daniel Adeboye, 32 and Patrick Jimoh, 32 are said to have conspired with the ex-bank manager, Kayode Adeyanju who is currently at large to defraud the Sokoto State Board of Internal Revenue account domiciled with the branch.
Police spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume-Agu said that the bank informed police that the bankers diverted money to their personal accounts without consent of the bank management.
She said, “During investigation, the five suspects (apart from Adeyanju), were apprehended and they all admitted granting various illegal loans to some private companies and local government department through the instruction of the ex-bank manager, who is still at large.
“They all alleged that Adeyanju took the sum of N70m belonging to some depositors to treat an ailment and fled to London with his family.”
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