Kogi State Polytechnic Graduate Arrested By EFCC For Hacking Bank's Database

A graduate of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Stephen Omaidu , has been arrested  for allegedly hacking into a bank's database and
stealing the sum of N68b. Omaidu is alleged to have worked with four accomplices to transfer the said sum into four different accounts.


According to EFCC spokesperson, the suspected hacker's accomplics, Alhaji K.B. Kabiru, Godswill Oyegwa, Ben and Oliver, escaped and are all still at large. Omaidu was arraigned before Justice M.A. Nasir of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja on two counts bordering on theft to the tune of N68b, an offence punishable under Section 287 of Penal Code.

EFCC counsel, S.A Ugwuebgulam, asked the court to fix a date for the trial to commence after Omaidu pleaded not guilty to the charges.  Defence counsel, Gabriel O. Sanifu, asked the court to admit the accused to bail pending trial.

 "The offence is liable", he said.