A 28-year-old banker has appeared before the Adenta Circuit Court after being accused of stealing GH¢1 million from Oyibi Area Community Bank PLC.
Adjetey Isaac Noi, who served as the bank’s branch manager, has been charged with stealing and has pleaded not guilty to the allegation.
According to the prosecution, the alleged offence occurred between March and September 2025 and involved the use of a dormant customer account to move funds to accounts held at other banks.
The court, presided over by Angela Attachie, granted Noi bail in the sum of GH¢1 million with two sureties, who are required to justify the bail with landed property.
His lawyer had urged the court to grant bail, arguing that the accused was not a flight risk because he has a fixed place of residence in Dodowa in the Greater Accra Region.
The case has been adjourned to February 17, 2027.
Presenting the facts, Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo told the court that the complainant is the Head of Audit and Inspection at ARB Apex Bank PLC, while Noi was serving as Branch Manager of the Oyibi Area Community Bank.
The prosecution said that on September 28, 2026, the complainant and a team of auditors visited the Oyibi branch to conduct an audit and inspection after receiving intelligence about suspected fraudulent transactions at the bank.
During the exercise, the auditors allegedly discovered that GH¢1 million had been transferred from an internal account of the bank into account number 3061110010021221.
The account, according to the prosecution, was held in the name of Nii Adjei Sowatey at the same bank.
The audit team subsequently informed the bank’s head office about the transaction. The head office then directed the complainant to file an official complaint with the police.
Noi was later arrested and questioned by investigators.
However, the prosecution said he failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the transfer of the funds during interrogation.
Further investigations allegedly revealed that the dormant account had been reactivated without the consent of the account holder.
Prosecutors told the court that Noi allegedly used the account as a transit account to channel the funds into various accounts held at other financial institutions.
The prosecution further alleged that the accused was unable to account for the transfers during the investigation.
Noi has denied the charge and pleaded not guilty. The allegations will be tested as the case proceeds before the Adenta Circuit Court.
