A banker in the Nigerian city of Lagos has been sentenced to three years in jail for stealing from the account of a client who had died.
Olawale Garuba, who was accused of conspiring to steal 30m naira ($150,700, £104,200) from the customer, initially pleaded not guilty but changed his plea to guilty earlier this month, Nigeria’s anti-corruption body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said in a statement.
Despite the remorse of the convict, Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye said that she had no sympathy for him as he compromised his position as a banker “to steal from a deceased customer whose money would have been used by the family she left behind”, the statement said.
The convict allowed his greed to overcome him and risk losing the job that thousands of job seekers are craving to get, she added.
Garuba was found guilty on 13 of the 18 charges and sentenced to three years imprisonment on each count – a total of 39 years, which are to run concurrently from the date of his detention last July.
Reported by BBCNews
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