Access Bank Staff Narrates How Colleague Hacked Bank’s Server To Commit N5bn Fraud

Abdulmajeed Agboola, a staff member of Access Bank Plc has narrated how the bank’s former employee, Olajide Ogunmoroti, allegedly accessed the bank’s server through a private laptop, resulting in a system glitch on customers account that led to a N5 billion fraud.

Agboola was presented before before Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, 16 May, 2025, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as its first prosecution witness in the alleged N5,726,994,110.23 fraud case against the bank’s former employees: Olajide Ogunmoroti, Michael Igbomina, David Onyeike, and Moses Iruolaje.

In EFCC filings, the defendants are being prosecuted on an amended 10-count charge bordering on stealing, retention of proceeds of crime, money laundering, obtaining credit by false pretence, and unauthorized access to computer materials.

During the court session, led in evidence by the prosecution counsel Abdulhamid L. Tukur, Agboola informed the court that Ogunmoroti was allegedly the ICT representative of the Abakaliki branch of Access Bank.

According to the witness, there was a glitch in the bank’s server, which was allegedly traced to the Abakaliki branch during investigations.

The witness stated that when the CCTV footage of the bank was checked, it was discovered that the suspicious activity had been wiped out.

During investigations, everything allegedly pointed to Ogunmoroti, who, according to the witness, allegedly “admitted that he used a private laptop in connection with the bank’s server through which they gained access to the bank’s data.”

The witness told the court that the use of personal laptops by bank staff was not allowed under the bank’s policy.

The case has been adjourned to Tuesday, 20 May, 2025, for the continuation of the trial.