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Manager at a second generation bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc, Mr.
Olisa Nwakoby on Friday evening shot himself dead in the presence of his Priest
at the Lekki area of Lagos Island, Lagos State.
The
father of a 10-year- old daughter was said to have taken his own life because
of an incriminating huge loan transaction he approved in his bank.
Sources
close to the family told Sunday Telegraph at the weekend that the late Olisa
was the approving officer for the loan which the beneficiary is no longer
servicing and the bank was on the neck of Olisa to get the money back.
His
late father, Chief Patrick Oguejiofor Nwakoby was a former chairman of First
Bank of Niger Plc, a successfully lawyer , politician and a highly respected
community leader before his death.
Fear
over his integrity and the name of his family, which could be dented if his
bank commences action against him over the loan, was too much for the vibrant
banker to bear prompting him to shoot himself, our source said.
Sunday Telegraph'source did not say that there was suspicion of any foul play in the death of the banker, she also could not confirm the actual amount involved in the transaction, but she simply said “it was huge.” The case is being handled by homicide detectives attached to Area J Command, Lekki/Ajah. According to a police source.
The
banker, on the fateful day he killed himself went to meet his priest. He told
the priest to tell his wife to take good care of his children, that what he
would do in next few minutes would shock everyone. He was said to have later
blown his brains out.
The source continued, “It was later discovered that he took money from the bank, N350million, and when the money started creating problems for him. He killed himself.”
When
the Lagos State Police spokesperson, Dolapo Badmus, was contacted, her two
lines were switched off. Olisa hails from Nkwelle Ezunaka in Oyi Local
Government of Anambra State and he attended Abia State University, where he
bagged a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree, in Microbiology between 1990 and 1995.
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