A cleaner, Peter Oko, has narrated how he stole N5.675 million from the New Nyanya branch of Diamond Bank, where he worked.
The 29 year-old stated that he took the
keys to the vault, stole the money and hid it in a carton, which he took
home after the close of work.
The money was however recovered by the police, which said
that the suspect had been charged to court.
Oko told Northern City News at the
Nasarawa State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department in
Lafia that he carried out the theft alone, saying, “As a cleaner, I knew
where all the keys were kept.”
He added, “I single-handedly carried out
the operation because I have been working as a cleaner in the bank for
the past 10 years and my eyes had been on one of the keys to the vault,
where the bank used to keep all its money.
“As a cleaner, my attention was not only
on the keys, but on how I will carry out the operation successfully
without being caught by either the security or any staff of the bank.”
The suspect said he stole the money
without the knowledge of the bank workers, adding that he had access to
all the foreign currencies in the bank as he knew where they were kept.
“As a cleaner, I knew where all the
secret files were kept and where the bank kept its keys where you can
have access to dollars, Nigerian currency and all other currencies.”
Oko blamed the economic situation for his action, stating that he had never been involved in a criminal act before now.
“The devil of economy recession pushed
me into the crime; I have never committed a criminal act before, luck
ran out on me and I was caught in the process,” he stated.
The state Commissioner of Police,
Abubakar Bello, said the crime was reported to the police in October,
2016, by the bank, adding that the matter was then transferred from Karu
Divisional Police Headquarters to the SCIID for investigations.
Report credit: Punch
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