In a rare display of honesty, the Managing Director of Peace Mass transit, Dr Maduka Onyishi has returned a whopping sum of N2,219,500,000 which was wrongly paid into his account to First Bank.

The cheque was received on behalf of First Bank by the Business Manager, Commercial Banking, Mr Kokelu Ben and the Branch Manager, Unity Bank, Enugu Branch, Mrs Ifeoma Eleanya.

Dr Onyishi who explained how he discovered the huge sum in his First Bank account said that he had requested for $3m from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN through Unity Bank PLC only to be paid $10m instead, which is about N3,219,500,000 representing an excess of N2,219,500,000.

According to him, “The amount they paid in was N3,219,500,000 but my own money there is N1,000,000,000 so the balance is not my money. I said that I cannot invest this money and be gaining from another person’s money and I can’t also keep it. I can’t keep $7m Dollars that doesn’t belong to me.

“I told my bank to pay money into my account that I want to take 3 million dollars and they paid ten Million Dollars instead. I called them and informed them that the amount they paid to me was more than the amount I requested. They told me that the ten million Dollars was my money.

“I was angry with them. I asked them how come I have this kind of money and I’m not aware of it. I asked them how come they went ahead to invest my money without telling me so that I can use my money and then I can know how much I have.

“I told them that they have failed to give me a statement of my account even when I have demanded for it severally. I discovered later that the amount was even more than what we are talking about because there was another person I asked the bank to pay money to whom they even paid extra.

“I made enquiries and they told me that I should wait until when it is time for banks to do reconciliation, they will discover whether the fault was from First Bank, Central Bank or Unity Bank. I waited for a whole month and no one called me. I told the devil that he is a deceiver and a liar. He knows that I need money now that is why this thing is happening now.

“That’s why I said, let me invite First Bank and Union Bank and also invite journalists. I said let me give the money to First Bank, if they find out that the money is mine, they should return it. If it belongs to Unity Bank or CBN give it to them. If it is your own, keep it. So I am giving this money to you to keep on trust

He called on the management of CBN, Unity Bank and First Bank to look into the origin of the money and such leakages could come with dire consequences for any commercial institution.

“I had sent emails to the bank to inform them of the wrong payment and they didn’t find anything. My account in First Bank was not debited so they did not see it. Unity Bank did not see anything because they just received the money.

“Nobody knows if the money came through Central Bank because the money came through three organizations before it came to my account in Unity Bank. Why I am doing this is that if it is either First Bank Unity Bank or CBN that has this fault, they should as a matter of urgency block the loophole because this is a sign that people’s money have been missing everyday. It can also lead to a total collapse of any bank.

In his response, the business manager, commercial banking, First Bank, Mr Kokelu Ben said that, “I don’t have any official thing to say but I must state that Dr Onyishi is a man of Integrity. When we look in into the situation we will advise him on what happened and how to remedy this situation.”

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Do you have a choice before.

If you hadn't returned the money, they would've tracked you...

So some IPOBIANS are this honest?

Imagine say GTB credit innoson account mistakenly

What you can't get away with, you better not do it to avoid EFCC queries..

believe this story at your own PARIS.

Nice.

This is a good one!

When will Nigerian Youths stop the folly of TRIBALLY fighting each other online/offline and fight the real enemy: the corrupt political office holders turning them against each other and their evil ideologies?

They have been using the divide and rule system! Great Youths, Unite against those robbing you and your generation yet unborn of a Beautiful life & future!!

Kindly repost & share on every social media platform till every youth wakes up!!! We can and should do this TOGETHER

Good you quickly exonerated yourself if not na gbege ooooooh ...this banks can put someone in trouble oooo....

Good thing to do.

Okay

If it’s not honesty then it’s safety because you won’t get away with somebody’s #2b even though na mistake.

Mission accomplished, it made the news

The prayers; father put us not into temptation but deliver us from all evil.

Dr.Onyishi has pass the test..
We where watching to see if you will yield into that small temptation.

Dr onyishi your name will be written in the book of good men
Congratulations sir. .......

There is more to the story. Money laundering gone wrong.

Lol @honesty

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Lol. He had no choice though. He can't run with such an amount.

Btw, so after commenting on a Muslim thread, where I was forced to swear that prophet Muhammad is what ever, what ever... is now on my profile? Like for real? So, if someone checks my profile that's what he would think I feel? Lol... This nairaland moderators ain't serious. I believe nothing. What ever happens on nairaland, remains in nairaland. Don't force any belief on us.

These Muslim guys comment on Christian posts freely.

If he had spent a kobo, he would have been apprehended, the owner of that kind of money would have a means

If you read and got tired along the line because the whole explanation was getting ambiguous, gather here!!!

People can believe anything sha!

Some top bank officials used his account to steal money, no be today such thing dey happen .a student of polybadan saw 900million naira in his first bank account in 2010 and raised alarm. He was given automatic employment as a lecturer in civil engineer department and a car by MFM CU's he was the fellowship President as at that time. It was later we got to know the money was meant to be kept in his account from CBN for days before it will be wired back and be shared by those behind it.

dingbang:
Imagine say GTB credit innoson account mistakenly

cashier wey do that mistake go need shak 10litres of sniper cos non refundable

Very nice of you, if the Nigerian police were aware that you hd that kind of money in your account, you would av been kidnapped by now

Did I just see ONLY on that check?

Nice one!

But can he get away with it?







That's not honesty, he save himself from unforeseen pains

Mogbe oooo

Is like all this money are intentionally going to people... They know will return them.
God knows my heart