A customer, who supposedly hacked several Unity Bank accounts also stole $64,822.97 (roughly N23.3million) through Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card, was introduced before an Igbosere Magistrates' Court, Lagos.

Adeagbo Samson Bayonle, 37, was accused of committing the alleged offense in connivance with  Dayo Ogunseyitan.

The Nation learnt the alleged offenses was perpetrated from November 6, 2017.

The theft was discovered following complaints by affected account owners in several Nigerian cities.

The bank initiated an audit which confirmed the theft, following which it reported the matter through a petition to Commissioner of Police (CP) Special Fraud Unit, (PSFU), Ikoyi, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde.

Lamorde, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), directed a team led by Assitant Superintendent (SP) Lazarus Nurus to investigate the complaint.

The team, following a tip-off, tracked the defendant and Ogunseyitan to their hideout at an undisclosed location in Lagos.

The defendant was arrested, but, according to the police, Ogunseyitan fled and is now at large.
Bayonle was arraigned yesterday before Mr B. I. Bakare on a two-count charge of stealing.

Prosecuting Inspector Wewe Adegbayi informed the court in charge No. V/73/2017 that the defendant and Ogunseyitan withdrew the sums from several ATMs in Lagos, Ibadan and other cities.

Adegbayi said after hacking the bank’s system, both men modified a naira ATM card so it could withdraw dollars, following which they withdrew $64,822.97 from the accounts.

According to him, the offenses contravened sections 285 and 323(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

Bayonle pleaded not guilty.

His counsel, Olusegun Adaranijo prayed the court to grant him bail, promising that Bayonle would not jump bail.

In a bench judgment, Magistrate Bakare granted him N5 million bond with two surties at the similar amount, among whom should be a landed home owner in Lagos.

Bakare also led each surety to deposit N50,000 from the courtroom's Chief Registrar's account.
The magistrate ordered that the defendant be remanded at Ikoyi Prison, untill he fulfils the bond conditions.

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