June 09, 2016
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday arraigned two Diamond Bank Plc managers Lasisi Abayomi and Hillary Ojukwu at the Federal High Court in for money laundering.
They were charged along with the bank, Oni Oil and Gas Ltd and Mrs Lizzy Chinyere Ikenua.
Prosecution counsel Augustine Nwagu said the defendants in August 2006 failed to verify the true identities of its customer Oni Oil and Gas, the late Chief Onoche Ikenua Mrs. Ikenua before opening an account in their favour.
The bank was accused of failing to report the suspicious transaction to the Financial Intelligence Unit. NDLEA said Ojukwu, between August and December 2006, aided Oni Oil and Gas, the late Ikenua and Mrs Ikenua to convert various sums of money derived directly or indirectly from illicit traffic in narcotic drugs .