The Nigerian Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU Legal Section) in Lagos has filed a 4-count charge against Mrs. Ebele Bernardine Okpala, a former employee of Keystone Bank Limited (KBL), at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Mrs. Ebele Bernardine Okpala was arrested for allegedly converting and stealing Thirty-Five Million Naira (N35,000,000.00). She had obtained this amount in July 2023 as a credit facility from a financial services firm to serve as proof of funds for her daughter’s Canadian Visa application.
The funds were deposited into her account at Keystone Bank Limited and secured with a Post-No-Debit (PND) restriction placed by KBL at the financial firm’s request. However, Mrs. Okpala, with the assistance of a colleague who was a Service Manager at the bank, circumvented KBL’s procedures, unauthorizedly lifting the PND to transfer the money for personal use.
On September 6, 2023, Mrs. Okpala absconded from her duties at the bank and has been missing since. Detectives eventually tracked her down to Delta State, where she was arrested on July 4, 2024.
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