How I was offered $7,000 bribe for access to compromise Premium Trust Bank’s Internal System – Witness

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By JUMOKE SANNI

A prosecution witness, Ajayi Michael Folaseye, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he rejected a $7,000 bribe allegedly offered by a colleague seeking unauthorized access to Premium Trust Bank’s internal systems.

Folaseye, the first prosecution witness (PW1), testified in the ongoing trial of Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, both employees of Premium Trust Bank before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, June 30, 2025

The defendants are facing trial alongside three others, Samson Latshin Dakup, Bolaji Omotosho Yinka, and Sunday Badeniyi Okunola on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal brought against them by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, Folaseye who works in the bank’s Information Technology (IT) Department, testified that the first defendant, Kehinde Odeyemi, an internal auditor, made the offer during a covert conversation on May 5, 2025

“She approached me during the office hours and suggested we could make some money through a ‘side gig,’” he said.

“She asked for a generic IP address used within the IT department.”

Folaseye explained that he told her no such generic IP existed and that he only had a personal IP address assigned for daily use.