The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Solomon Stephen Ufayo, an Ecobank Plc staff member, on a one-count charge of cybercrime amounting to N2,404,000 (Two Million Four Hundred and Four Thousand Naira). The arraignment took place before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, May 16, 2025.

The charge states that between March 10 and March 28, 2025, in Lagos, Ufayo, while working as a Relief Teller for Ecobank Nigeria Limited, fraudulently impersonated Ogunfodunrin Omowunmi Ajoke. He allegedly posted false deposit and withdrawal tellers on her Ecobank account number 2801086259, intending to gain an advantage for himself. This act constitutes an offense under Section 22(2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention etc) Act, 2015, and is punishable by Section 22(2)(b) of the same Act.

Ufayo pleaded guilty to the charge. Following the plea, prosecution counsel Abdulhamid L. Tukur called on David Gajere, an EFCC operative, to review the case facts. Gajere informed the court that Ufayo fraudulently represented himself as Omowunmi Ajoke, an Ecobank customer, by posting false deposits into her account. He then moved N2,404,000 to his Opay account using filled-out withdrawal deposit slips without her consent.

The court was further informed that Ufayo provided an extra-judicial statement and issued a bank draft for N2,404,000 as restitution to the petitioner. The defendant’s extra-judicial statement, copies of the Ecobank deposit slips, and the certified true copy of the bank draft for restitution were identified and tendered as evidence, which the court admitted and marked as exhibits.

The judge adjourned the case until June 6, 2025, for judgment and ordered Ufayo to be remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.