Lagos State High Court Sentenced one Olawale Garuba to 39 years Imprisonment for Stealing from the Dead.

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court on Thursday sentenced one Olawale Garuba to 39 years imprisonment for stealing from the dead.


The convict was arraigned alongside six others in July 2015 for conspiring among themselves to steal over N30 million from the bank account of a deceased customer of a new generation bank, where the convict works.

The fraud was uncovered by the bank when they discovered that some of their staff, including the convict, had connived with proxies to steal from a dormant account of one of the bank’s customers.

Upon the discovery of the fraud, the bank apprehended the staff and handed them over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for investigation and prosecution.

Upon their arraignment, they pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of fraud.

Subsequently, Justice Ipaye refused their bail application and remanded them in prison custody.
However, on June 2, 2016, the convict changed his plea from not guilty to guilty.