EFCC Arraigns Man For Allegedly Spending $59,220

A bank customer, Mr. James Olaoluwaniyi, has been arraigned by the economic and financial crimes commission for allegedly converting to personal use the sum of  Fifty nine thousand, two hundred and twenty dollars erroneously transferred into his account by a commercial bank where he is a customer.

Mr. Olaoluwaniyi subsequently sued the EFCC, pleading unlawful detention; while he also asked for a cost of N50,000 against the commission.

At the hearing in a federal high court in Lagos  today , however, the court awarded n20,000 in favour of the EFCC. Justice Chuka Obiozor awarded the cost against Olaoluwaniyi, while granting an adjournment in the suit to enable his counsel to affix the Nigeria bar association seal to his court processes