Benedict Obinna hacked into the PC frameworks of Globus Bank and they moved monies running into over N3, 500,000,000 from the record of the Bank into different records having a place with Haril Worldwide Arrangements Ltd and partner different ledgers residence on numerous banks the nation over.
“That further investigation reveals that Igwe George Benedict Obinna shared the login details with the duo of Babatunde Idris Olayiwola and Chinedu Ihuma through which the fraud was perpetrated.”
According to Oloje, following the findings of the investigations, all bank accounts associated with the fraud were requested through letters to the relevant banks in which evidence of funds’ receipt was established.
Additionally, the EFCC staff informed the court that Globus Bank management had previously requested that the Federal High Court in Lagos issue a Post No Debit (PND) order to the bank accounts from which the funds had been diverted to prevent account depletion.
Besides, he informed the court that the PCs and phone gadget of Igwe George Benedict Obinna had been sent for criminological examination to know the degree of the association of Babatunde Idris, Olayiwola Chinedu Ihuma and Igwe George Benedict Obinna in the criminal operations.
The EFCC stated that “the prime suspect, Igwe George Benedict Obinna was arrested and interviewed during the investigation and made a statement to the effect that he dealt with the perpetuation of the fraud.”
The EFCC requested that the court award its solicitation as not conceding it would risk the continuous examination concerning the knowledge report obtained by the commission.
On January 23, 2024, Equity Inyang Ekwo froze the records in question and dismissed the EFCC to give reports of the results of its examination.
As seen on a few court records, Globus Bank, on December 21, 2023, got a request from the Government High Court Lagos to freeze the financial balances related to the suspects.
The EFCC intelligence documents indicate that both Idris Olayiwola and Chinedu, the principal actors and former Globus Bank employees, are believed to be in the United Kingdom.
In addition, it is believed that the suspects have filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Justice, Maitama FCT Abuja, under the case number: CV/1841/24.
They try to suppress the lawful moves made by the bank and EFCC
