Court sentences former banker to five years over N2.7bn fraud

Premium Times27 October 2026, 19:45 UTCNigeria

Earlier reports on the case linked Mr Edeh to alleged unauthorised access to the Fidelity Bank’s Entrust portal. The post Court sentences former banker to five years over N2.7bn fraud appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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