A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Thursday ordered the remand at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), of Rosemary Usifor, former branch Manager, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), charged with N30 million fraud.
The accused, a former manager at Okerin branch of defunct Finbank (now FCMB), was arraigned on a one-count charge of fraudulently obtaining the sum of N30 million from a fixed deposit account, belonging to a customer of the bank.
She however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The trial Judge, Justice Saliu Saidu, however, ordered the accused to be remanded in the SFU, pending the hearing of a bail application filed by her counsel, Mr Osa Isibor.
He adjourned the case to Jan. 7 for hearing the bail application of the accused.
In the charge, the prosecutor, Mr Effiong Asuquo, alleged that the accused committed the offence in 2011.
He said that the accused had forged a letter, with which she fraudulently obtained the sum of N30 million from the fixed deposit account of one DIG Archibong Nkanga (Rtd).
According to Asuquo, the accused who has been at large since the perpetuation of the crime in 2011, was eventually arrested by the police, in November.
He said the alleged offence contravenes the provisions of sections 1(2) (a), (c), and sections 3 (1) (2) of the Miscellanous Offences Act, Cap. M17, Laws of the Federation, 2004.
