The astute managing director of First City Monumental Bank (FCMB), Ladi
Balogun, has been accused by a top businessman and an investor in Japan
identified as Mr. Murphy Ifeanyichukwu Uzohue of having flings with his
wife and jointly defrauding him to the tune of N120m through illegal
banking operations.
The claimant, in a suit filed against the top banker and others pending at
the Lagos High Court, Igbosere division, revealed how his wife, a former
UBA worker, engaged in extra-marital affair with the banker to the extent
that they made use of her matrimonial bed at his Block 10, Plot 22 Ogidi
Crescent Lekki, Lagos residence.
Going into the details of the whole scenario, Uzohue explained how he
entrusted the running of his company, Lasergraphic Investment Nig. Ltd. to
his wife. Hence, he traveled abroad to monitor the other arms of his
business. It was during this period the wife persuaded him to jointly
enter into a banking contract with FCMB, but he instructed her to hold
action on the proposed banking contract until his return to the country.
To the contrary, he said, his wife went ahead, neglecting his instructions
and consummated the banking contract relationship, resulting in the
opening of a joint account NO: 05120903786001 with the Murtala Mohammed
Airport Road branch of the bank, with Uzohue and his wife being the
signatories
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