The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says its Enugu zonal office has arrested Kingsley Amechi Ubenyi, the operator of a defunct Enugu-based Wonder Bank, KSLEY Mega Vision, who is standing trial on the alleged illegal operation of a financial institution and obtaining the sum of N84, 600,000 from hundreds of his victims.
EFCC’s acting spokesman, Tony Orilade said Ubenyi’s arrest, followed a bench warrant issued by Justice A.M. Liman of the Federal High Court, Enugu and upheld on March 28, 2019 by Justice I.N. Buba, who took over the case having noticed that Ubenyi had yet to appear in court and had through his lawyer, John Bigwan, brought a medical report purportedly from Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, G.R.A., seeking leave for his continued absence in court to answer for his alleged crime.
Orilade said the said medical report written on a seeming authentic letterhead of the hospital and signed by one Dr Eze. C had, on two different occasions, indicated that the defendant was suffering from acute peptic ulcerative disease and high blood pressure.
He said an investigation by the Commission revealed that the said medical report was forged as the hospital authority had distanced itself from the report, stating that Ubenyi was never admitted on any of the ailment mentioned and that there was no consultant by the name Dr Eze C in their staff roll.
The letter signed by the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Hyacinth Onah further stated that the hospital data indicated the defendant had a folder number P269482, and not P26682 as was indicated in the forged medical report.
The defendant, when confronted after his arrest, claimed the report was given to him by one Dr Ugwu Joseph, a claim that was denied by the said Dr Ugwu who said he never knew nor met him, the EFCC stated.
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