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Dismissed banker raids ATM gallery, steals N14m

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6 years ago

November 8, 2018

A dismissed banker , Emmanuel Onuma , has been arrested by the police for breaking into the Automated Teller Machine gallery of his erstwhile employer and stealing N 14 m .
The 34 – year -old was said to have carried out the heist at the Garki , Abuja branch of the new generation bank on October 19 , 2018 .

Parading Onuma alongside other suspects in Abuja on Wednesday , the Assistant Commissioner of Police , Operations, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Valentine Olumese , said the ex -banker was dismissed in August for fraudulent activities.

“ On November 1 , in furtherance of an ongoing investigation , police operatives attached to the Garki Division arrested one Emmanuel Onuma , who broke into the ATM lobby of a bank located in Garki on October 19 at about midnight and stole the sum of N 14 m , ” Olumese stated .

He explained that the suspect confessed that he converted the money to $ 33 , 000 in Abuja and Kaduna for ease of movement .

“ Upon his arrest , the following amounts of money were recovered from him as exhibits : cash sum of $ 28 , 000 ; N 1 , 650 , 120 and nine pieces of Ghana cedis . Other exhibits recovered from him include one new SIM card and flight tickets , ” the commissioner added .

Onuma , in an interview with journalists , admitted to the crime , stating that he carried out the act because the bank failed to pay his benefits after sacking him .

“ I worked with the bank for 11 years and I was not settled ; no benefits , no settlement ; but there is no justification for doing something wrong, ” he stated and declined making further statements .

Meanwhile , the police have also arrested two members of a notorious armed robbery gang , who allegedly robbed and killed one Monday Umoh in July this year .

The suspects , Attah Godwin ( aka Jogodo ) , 33 ; and Izunna Nwafor , 27 , who had been at large , were nabbed at their hideouts in Gwagwa and Deidei areas of the FCT .

Their arrest , the police said , was sequel to the confession of one Nwore Emmanuel , 27 , a member of the syndicate , who linked the two suspects to the crime .

The suspects reportedly picked up Umoh in their cab and midway into the trip , attempted to rob him , leading to a struggle during which the deceased was shot in the chest . His body thrown out of the vehicle and abandoned by the Federal Housing Flyover , Kubwa.

Police investigation also led to the recovery of the victim ’ s Winco phone , while a green Toyota Carina E car , with number plate FX 138 BWR , used by the suspects as their operational vehicle , was also recovered as an exhibit.