N8million currency scam: Bank official opts for plea bargain
Few weeks after Ademola Oni, a former employee of Wema Bank Plc, opted for plea bargain and was subsequently convicted and handed a custodial sentence, another accused in the N8billion Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) currency fraud, Afolabi Esther Olunike, also a former staff of Wema Bank, has given indication of her preparedness to enter into a plea negotiation with the prosecution.
Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran Muniru, Toogun Kayode Philips, Afolabi Esther Olunike and Ademola Ebenezer are facing trial before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik at the Federal High Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for their roles in the currency scam.
At the resumed trial on Thursday, Olunike, through her counsel informed the court of her decision to pursue a plea bargain option.
EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwajaren, said in a statement in Abuja that having confirmed the claim from the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), Justice Abdulmalik adjourned the matter to December 6, this year for consideration and January 11 and 12 next year for the continuation of trial.
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