A compliance officer with First Bank Plc, Chris Ekpe, has unveiled before an Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos, the real names of the alleged fake Army General, Bolarinwa Oluwasegun Abiodun as Hassan Kareem Ayinde.
The compliance Officer also narrated to court how the alleged fake army General, Bolarinwa Oluwasegun Abiodun, perfected his change of name before he swindled a businessman of N270m.
The First Bank compliance Officer, Chris Ekpe, while being led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, confirmed to the court that his bank received a notary publication dated December 20, 2016 with a letter of change of account name from the defendant on February 2, 2017.
The witness told the court that the real name of the alleged fake Army General name was Hassan Kareem Ayinde.
He noted that the bank upon receiving the change of name documents, his bank thereafter changed his account name from Hassan Kareem Ayinde to Olusegun Abiodun Bolarinwa.
The EFCC lawyer asked him the account balance of the defendant as at the time of the change of account name and the witness revealed that was N1, 319.04.(one thousand three hundred and nineteen naira and four kobo).