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Di Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of di Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), wey dey for Awolowo, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, carry Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola go court. Di two of dem na workers for Premium Trust Bank. Dem carry dem go stand for front of Justice Alexander Owoeye for Federal High Court wey dey Ikoyi, Lagos.
Dem no go alone, Samson Latshin Dakup, Bolaji Omotosho Yinka and Sunday Badeniyi Okunola follow dem go court. Di EFCC charge all of dem with seven-count charge wey relate to how dem plan to thief money.
Dem talk say di people wey dem carry go court plan together to tamper with di bank server and domain credentials so dem fit get access to di bank database and thief people money wey dey inside.
But EFCC talk say dem stop di plan before e happen.
One of di charges talk say:
"You, Kehinde Odeyemi, Samson Latshin Dakup, Bolaji Omotosho Yinka, Sunday Badeniyi Okunola, and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, plus some other people like Humble, Wasiu, Isa Ismaila and Victor Joshua Ilemona aka Oracle wey run, join body between April and May 2025 for Lagos to tamper with di server IP and domain credentials of Premium Trust Bank. Una plan to enter di bank database without permission so una fit thief money. This one na offence under Section 27 and 28(1)(b) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc) Act, 2015 (wey dem amend for 2024), and e dey punishable under Section 28(2) of di same law."
When dem read di charge for dem, all of dem talk say dem no guilty.
Because of how dem plead, di EFCC lawyer, Zeenat B. Atiku, ask make court give trial date and carry di accused go correctional centre.
Lawyer for di first person, Adeleke Adepoju, beg court make dem give him client bail with soft condition. E talk say him no get enough time to write formal application.
Other lawyers sef try beg court with mouth to give bail.
But Justice Owoeye no gree. E tell all di lawyers make dem write formal application before court fit hear am.
Di judge come order make dem carry di first person go Kirikiri Correctional Centre. Di second, third, fourth and fifth people go Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
Court come shift di case go June 30, 2025, for trial to start.
