N8m currency scam: Another Wema Bank staff opts for plea bargain

Few weeks after Ademola Oni, a former employee of Wema Bank, opted for plea bargain and was subsequently convicted and handed a custodial sentence, another accused in the N8 billion Central Bank of Nigeria currency fraud, Afolabi Esther Olunike, also a former staff of Wema Bank, on Thursday gave indication of her preparedness to enter into a plea negotiation with the prosecution.
Kolawole Babalola, Olaniran Muniru, Toogun kayode Philips, Afolabi Esther Olunike and Ademola Ebenezer are facing trial before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State for their roles in the currency scam.
At the resumed trial on Thursday, Olunike, through her counsel, informed the court of her decision to pursue a plea bargain option.
Having confirmed the claim from the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), Justice Abdulmalik adjourned the matter to December 6 for consideration and January 11 and 12, 2017 for the continuation of trial.