SHOCKING!!! Dead Woman ‘Withdraws’ Over N500k From Bank In Lagos

Mrs Cordelia Iwegbuna Idowu Okocha was 50
when she died of breast cancer, on August 7,
2004, and was buried in September 2004.
However,4 years after her death, she ‘visited’ her
bank and withdrew more than N527,500 from
her savings account in a first generation bank
(name withheld).
The statement of account of the dead woman
indicated that she withdrew N500,000 by ‘self ’ on
February 19, 2008. On February 28, 2008, she
made another withdrawal of N27,500 by ‘self’.
She made all the withdrawals at the Awolowo
Road branch of the bank.
She was survived by her only child, Chukwudi
Uche Okocha who was 17 at the time of his
mother’s death. He said:
“My mother died on August 7, 2004 as a result of
breast cancer and my dad died on February 1,
2006. He slept and did not wake up. I am the
only child of my parents, I was 17 years old when
my mother died.
My mum was sick for about eight months,
suffering from breast cancer before she gave up.
Since my parents died, I’ve been managing, trying
to cope through the help of family and friends.
There is a particular family that took me under
their care and since then I’ve been living with
them. And to God be the glory, they have been
trying. I got admission into University of Lagos to
study Mathematics in 2006. It has not been easy
not having one’s parents around.
“My mother spent a lot of money when she was
sick due to the nature of the sickness. We all
know that it is not easy to manage cancer. But
about a month before she died, she told me that
she had something in her savings account; that
was her salary account.
She told me that whatever happened, there was
something left in the account. When she died,
she was paid her July salary. Before she died, she
told me that she had over N200,000 left in her
account and when she died her salary was paid
into the account. So, there was over N500,000 in
the account when she died.”
“But being the only one, I was not able to process
the transfer of the money to my account. My dad
was unable to process it before he died. Between
2008 and 2009, I tried to process the letter of
administration of my mother’s estate through the
Lagos probate court and they gave me the
certificate to get the money in the account.
That was when I applied for the balance and they
told me that the balance was about N500. I was
shocked because she told me what she had left in
the account before she died and I know she did
not go to the bank after she told me what she
had in the bank.
But even if there was no money, the July salary
should have been there because it was paid after
she had died. And I have a copy of the pay slip
for the July salary. When I met Barrister Eluma,
I complained to him that there was something
wrong with the account.
“When we went to see the then branch manager
of the bank, she asked if I was sure that my
mother was dead. But she was not ready to
disclose anything. So, I felt there was foul play
somewhere and I decided to see a lawyer and see
what we could do about it.
We discovered that two withdrawals were made
from my mother’s account in February, 2008;
that is four years after she died. Did she come
from her grave to withdraw the money from her
account?
It is a savings account, meaning that she was the
only person who could make withdrawals from
the account. So, how come withdrawals were
made four years after she died?
The withdrawals were made by ‘self’ according to
the statement of account. It means that some­
body, most likely a staff, who knows she was
dead or knows something about her withdrew
the money.
“What I need now is for them to refund the
money and pay some compensation for the
inconveniences I have gone through over the
years. If I had been able to access the money, it
would have been very useful, particularly when I
was in school.
Again, the value of the money has depreciated in
the past 11 years. You can imagine what I could
have done if I had gotten the money then. So,
they should compensate me.”
He has written a petition to the Assistant
Inspector General of Police in-charge of Zone 2
Command, Nigeria Police, Zone 2 headquarters,
Onikan, Lagos. Dated June 17, 2015, to help him
retrieve the money.
Source: The Sun

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