One Kimiche Gomwalk, a branch manager of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), has been arraigned on a five-count charge which borders on st£aling, ch£ating, and obtaining up to N55million through f@lse pretense.
He was arraigned alongside two others, identified as Michael Damkas Buayam of Tan Global Energy and Abbas Andrew Dayilim of Castlegate International Limited, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The defendants were arraigned on Tuesday, March 21, before Justice P. S. Gang of the Plateau State High Court in Jos.
EFCC in a statement said, “Kichime Gomwalk, while serving as branch Manager, FCMB Plc, Murtala Mohammed Way Jos, in Plateau State is alleged to have forged COCIN GRATUITY CERTIFICATE OF PLEDGE/LETTER OF SET-OFF dated 30th December, 2019, purportedly co-signed by Mrs. Monica Bitrus Tang and Rev (Dr.) Amos Musa Mohzo, Directors, which he used to secure overdraft facility from FCMB Plc to the tune of N55million.
Gomwalk and the two others pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges leveled against them and Justice Gang adjourned the case till Thursday, May 18, 2023.
He also ordered the remand of the defendants at the Jos Correctional Center till the hearing of their bail applications.”