14:57
The police on Friday arraigned two
men for stealing N7m from an
Automated Teller Machine belonging
to the First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
The incident was said to have
occurred between November 30 and
December 1, 2014 at the Lagos State
University branch of the bank.
The police said the money was
stolen without breaking or damaging
the ATM, adding that they suspected
that the crime must have been
committed by people within the
organisation.
According to the police, they suspect
one Reginald Osie-Oghaede, an
employee of the bank, and one
Friday Amuche, a contract security
guard posted to the branch.
Osie-Oghaede and Amuche were
arraigned at the Lagos Magistrate’s
Court, Tinubu, Lagos Island, on two
counts of felony and theft.
The charges read in part, “That you,
Reginald Osie-Oghaede and Friday
Amuche, on November 30 and
December 1, 2014, at First Bank,
LASU, Ojo, did conspire to commit
felony to wit; stealing.”
Osie-Oghaede and Amuche pleaded
not guilty and were granted bail by
Mrs. Y.R. Pinheiro in the sum of
N200, 000 with two sureties in like
sum.
The case was adjourned till January
26, 2015.
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