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: