A 28‑year‑old banker has appeared before the Adenta Circuit Court on charges of allegedly stealing GH¢1 million from a community bank. Adjetey Isaac Noi, the Branch Manager of Oyibi Area Community Bank PLC, is accused of reactivating a dormant customer account and using it as a transit account to transfer funds to various accounts in different banks between March and September 2025. Noi pleaded not guilty.
The court, presided over by Mrs Angela Attachie, granted him bail of GH¢1 million with two sureties required to justify the bail with landed property. Defence counsel argued that Noi was not a flight risk because he has a fixed place of abode in Dodowa, Greater Accra Region. The case has been adjourned to 17 February 2026.
Chief Inspector Maxwell Lanyo presented the facts, noting the complainant was the Head of Audit and Inspection at ARB Apex Bank PLC, while the accused served as Branch Manager of Oyibi Area Community Bank PLC. On 28 September 2026, the prosecution said the complainant and a team of auditors conducted an audit and inspection of the Oyibi branch following intelligence that fraudulent transactions were being carried out there. During the exercise, the auditors allegedly detected a transfer of GH¢1 million from the bank’s internal account into account number 3061110010021221, held in the name Nii Adjei Sowatey, at the same bank.
The audit team immediately informed the bank’s head office, which directed the complainant to lodge an official complaint with the police. The prosecution said Noi was subsequently arrested but failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the transfer of the funds during police interrogation. Investigations, the court heard, revealed that the accused allegedly reactivated the dormant account without the account holder’s consent and used it as a transit account to channel the funds to various accounts in other banks. Noi was unable to account for the transfers during investigations, prosecution said.
What follows will be the court’s decision on the bail and the next steps in the trial. The case remains under active investigation and will be monitored closely by the judiciary and banking regulators.
