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INCREDIBLE! Dead Woman “withdraws” N.5m From Bank by holuwatobhy(m): 1:34pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
For those who knew Mrs Cordelia Iweg
buna Idowu Okocha, it is no news that she
died of breast cancer, at the age of 50 on
August 7, 2004, and was buried in Septem
ber 2004. What is certainly news and
shocking too, is that four years after her
death, she ‘visited’ her bank and withdrew
more than N527,500 from her savings
account in a first generation bank (name
withheld).
The statement of account of the dead
woman indicated that she withdrew
N500,000 by ‘self ’ on February 19, 2008.
On February 28, 2008, she made another
withdrawal of N27,500 by ‘self’. She made
all the withdrawals at the Awolowo Road
branch of the bank.
Her only child, Chukwudi Uche Okocha,
explained: “My mother died on August 7,
2004 as a result of breast cancer and my
dad died on February 1, 2006. He slept and
did not wake up. I am the only child of my
parents, I was 17 years old when my
mother died. My mum was sick for about
eight months, suffering from breast cancer
before she gave up. Since my parents died,
I’ve been managing, trying to cope through
the help of family and friends. There is a
particular family that took me under their
care and since then I’ve been living with
them. And to God be the glory, they have
been trying. I got admission into University
of Lagos to study Mathematics in 2006. It
has not been easy not having one’s
parents around.
“My mother spent a lot of money when she
was sick due to the nature of the
sickness. We all know that it is not easy to
manage cancer. But about a month before
she died, she told me that she had
something in her savings account; that
was her salary account. She told me that
whatever happened, there was something
left in the account. When she died, she
was paid her July salary. Before she died,
she told me that she had over N200,000
left in her account and when she died her
salary was paid into the account. So, there
was over N500,000 in the account when
she died.”
Chukwudi, who is now 28 added: “But
being the only one, I was not able to
process the transfer of the money to my
account. My dad was unable to process it
before he died. Between 2008 and 2009, I
tried to process the letter of administration
of my mother’s estate through the Lagos
probate court and they gave me the
certificate to get the money in the
account. That was when I applied for the
balance and they told me that the balance
was about N500. I was shocked because
she told me what she had left in the
account before she died and I know she
did not go to the bank after she told me
what she had in the bank. But even if there
was no money, the July salary should have
been there because it was paid after she
had died. And I have a copy of the pay slip
for the July salary. When I met Barrister
Eluma, I complained to him that there was
something wrong with the account.
“When we went to see the then branch
manager of the bank, she asked if I was
sure that my mother was dead. But she
was not ready to disclose anything. So, I
felt there was foul play somewhere and I
decided to see a lawyer and see what we
could do about it. We discovered that two
withdrawals were made from my mother’s
account in February, 2008; that is four
years after she died. Did she come from
her grave to withdraw the money from her
account? It is a savings account, meaning
that she was the only person who could
make withdrawals from the account. So,
how come withdrawals were made four
years after she died? The withdrawals were
made by ‘self’ according to the statement
of account. It means that somebody, most
likely a staff, who knows she was dead or
knows something about her withdrew the
money.
“What I need now is for them to refund the
money and pay some compensation for the
inconveniences I have gone through over
the years. If I had been able to access the
money, it would have been very useful,
particularly when I was in school. Again,
the value of the money has depreciated in
the past 11 years. You can imagine what I
could have done if I had gotten the money
then. So, they should compensate me.”
Meanwhile, he has written a petition to the
Assistant Inspector General of Police in-
charge of Zone 2 Command, Nigeria Police,
Zone 2 headquarters, Onikan, Lagos. Dated
June 17, 2015, it was captioned, RE: ***
Account No 2004452106; Account Name:
Okocha Cordelia I. Petition On Criminal
Breach Of Trust, Fraudulent
Misrepresentation, Conspiracy, Forgery,
Stealing.
The petition, which was written through his
lawyers, J.O, C. Eluma Igwegbe & Co, said:
“By this letter we seek to draw your urgent
attention to the criminal developments that
have taken place in the Awolowo Road
Branch of (***) Plc. We do so here
because we believe that you will in your
usual manner clinically investigate this
matter towards bringing Justice to our
client and the society at large because of
the public concern that may be involved.
“It is part of our client’s instruction that on
August 7, 2004, our client lost his mother
(herein above outlined as the account
name) to breast cancer. It is therefore
instructive to say that the said account
holder has since 2004 died of breast
cancer (see attached death certificate).
Our client briefed us that his mother (now
the deceased account holder) shortly
before her death, informed our client of
the existence of over N500,000 in her
account as well as the account number, all
domiciled in the said *** Bank under its
watch. According to our client, his father,
Mr. Luke Azubuike Okocha, died on
February 1, 2006. Our client is therefore an
orphan and the only surviving child of his
deceased parents.
“Further to our client’s instruction,
sometimes in 2010, our client, (now the
lawful heir to the estate of his deceased
parents and the Next of Kin to the account
of Cordelia I. Okocha (deceased)), sought
to obtain Letter of Administration for the
purpose of administering his late mother’s
estate. The probate Registry then issued
him with bank certificate to enable our
client to determine the status of the
deceased estate including the said
account with the Bank. When our client
approached the bank for this purpose, he
was informed that the closing balance in
his late mother’s account was N500 only,
instead of over N500,000 the deceased
mother told him of. It is the honest belief
of our client that some bank officials and
other accomplices in the bank frauduour
client, (now the lawful heir lently and
deliberately misrepresented the true state
of the said account to our client during
this encounter, with the overall conscious
intent to steal the funds of our client’s
deceased mother.
“Our client reasonably believe that those
bank officials and other accomplices in the
bank, conspired to make infractions into
the account of Cordelia I. Okocha
(deceased) for which our client now has
Letter of Administration to administer. This
unfortunately amounts to criminal breach
of trust.
It added: “In line with our client’s brief we
have taken necessary legal steps and
made associated expenses to investigate
these reckless, wicked, criminal and
unlawful acts of the ‘yet to be identified’
bank official and their accomplices.
“Our careful analysis of the deceased’s
statement of account now available with
us (see attached) revealed that on
February 19, 2008, a huge sum of N500,
000 was withdrawn from this account, and
Twenty Seven Thousand Five Hundred
Naira (N27,500) withdrawn on the 28th
February, 2008, four (4) clear years after
the death of the said account holder. In
your wisdom, is this not fraud by the
internal machineries and mercenaries of
the bank officials? Our findings reveal that
the account in issue here is a savings
account. It then presupposes that only the
account holder can make any permissible
and verified withdrawal, in person. It is a
monumental irony and sad financial
development in this country to note from
the narration on the deceased statement
of account on 19/02/2008 and 28/02/2008,
that these cash withdrawals were made by
‘SELF’. Was it the deceased that came up
from her grave to effect the withdrawal or
her spirit? We shall leave this for your
investigation.
“Our client being an orphan has suffered
untold hardship in the absence of a mother
and a father. Our client relied heavily on
the money left behind by his deceased
mother, kept under the bank’s custody and
trust, for his upkeep and care, which
unfortunately some of the bank officials
and their accomplices have betrayed in the
most unprofessional sense as bankers.
The criminal acts as outlined above have
inflicted grave pains and torture on our
client, to a pitiable extent that a good
spirited Nigerian family adopted our client
and took responsibility of our client’s
education and upkeep.
“Our client’s circumstance is put forward
here in order to assist you in understanding
the depth of criminal infraction into our
client’s account and the damages the
bank officials and their accomplices have
inflicted on the psyche of our client.”
It further said: “It is our client’s full
instruction that he has suffered grave
damages and injuries by these criminal and
unlawful acts, and we reasonably believed
to the highest degree that the ‘yet to be
identified’ bank officials have breached the
trust reposed in them, and have
fraudulently and deliberately
misrepresented the true state of our
client’s deceased mother’s account. The
conscious preparation of documents that
facilitated the successful withdrawal of
funds from the said account amount to
forgery and stealing when in fact the
account holder has since died.”
In summation, the law firm engaged by
Chukwudi expressed the hope that the
bank would expeditiously launch an investi
gation into the matter to uncover the
identities of the fraudsters that carried out
the brazen forgery and fraudulent
withdrawal and bring them to book.
Moreover, the law firm demanded that the
said first generation bank should refund
and re-credit the stolen funds with the
accrued interest to the said account. The
firm also demanded that the bank should
pay the sum of N2 million, representing
legal expenses and costs so far incurred
by it in pursuing the matter. |
Re: INCREDIBLE! Dead Woman “withdraws” N.5m From Bank by Nobody: 1:35pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
hmm |
Re: INCREDIBLE! Dead Woman “withdraws” N.5m From Bank by gabinogem(m): 1:44pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Definitely, there's a foul play, they need to investigate that bank before they dupe others... Silly financial institutions. 1 Like |
Re: INCREDIBLE! Dead Woman “withdraws” N.5m From Bank by Diznie(f): 1:46pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Nigerian bankers... snh |
Re: INCREDIBLE! Dead Woman “withdraws” N.5m From Bank by dapyd1(m): 2:07pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
It's internal fraud. It also happened when I was working in a second generation bank in 2010. The account officer or someone with adequate authority must have thought since the account holder was dead, after so many years. The wipe out the money. The funny thing is that the person who did it may have left the bank. Don't worry, your money will be refunded. Nd of course, some people will lose their jobs. |
Re: INCREDIBLE! Dead Woman “withdraws” N.5m From Bank by moneytreeteam: 5:28pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Eze goes to school... |
Re: INCREDIBLE! Dead Woman “withdraws” N.5m From Bank by Egregius(m): 5:59pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Stealing the dead's money.....some pple can really be heartless |
Re: INCREDIBLE! Dead Woman “withdraws” N.5m From Bank by holuwatobhy(m): 8:40pm On Jul 27, 2015 |
Only God can help. |
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