Pastor arrested for allegedly cloning manager's signature

– Prosecuting officer explains that pastor and others at large committed said offence in April– Alleged pastor pleads not guilty to the offence– Magistrate gives final verdict on the matterA pastor identified as Samuel Bonny has reportedly forged the signature of an Access Bank manager to siphon N5 million.Nigerian Tribune reports that the man is standing trial at the Igbosere magistrates court, Lagos, on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and forgery.Speaking on the matter in court, the prosecuting officer, Nicholas Akpene, noted that the accused and some accomplice at large committed the said offences on April 26, at Access Bank PLC.

According to him, Pastor Bonny made an attemptto defraud the bank after presenting a cloned manager’s cheque for confirmation.Akpene argued that the offences contravened Sections 363 and 409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011, but the accused pleaded ‘not guilty’.Mrs SK Matepo, the presiding magistrate, admitted Bonny too bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till May 25 for mention.Recently, one Pastor Osazee Igbinigie was arrested alongside two other notorious robbers for their roles in burglary and molestation.According to the Edo state police command, Igbinigie is an assistant pastor in one of the new generation churches and was arrested alongside one 28 -year-old Samson Ogbesosa, an indigene of Edo state who robbed a girl of her handset andwas arrested after sleeping with her.The pastor, a graduate of Abjuratory Technology at the University of Benin, explained thus:“On Thursday last week,“I went to the bank because my brother told me he sent me N5,000. So, when I slot my card into the machine, the ATM told me that my card had expired.”