The
police command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on
Wednesday, November 7, paraded one Emmanuel Emeka Onuma for allegedly
breaking into the vault of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and
stealing N14 million.
Onuma was one of the 15
suspects paraded for various offences by the Assistant Commissioner of
Police (ACP) Valentine Olumese, Daily Trust reports.
The
suspect, according to the police, was an employee of the new generation
bank where he was sacked in August, 2018 for fraudulent activities.
In
his confession, Onuma revealed to newsmen that he worked with the bank
for about 11 years and that he was dismissed unjustly without any
benefit. He however said there was no justification for what he did.
As to how Onuma was caught and arrested, Olumese explained: “On
1st November, 2018 in furtherance with an on-going investigation,
police operatives attached to Garki Division arrested one Emmanuel Emeka
Onuma ‘m’ 34 years old who broke into the ATM lobby of a bank located
in Garki on 19th October, 2018 at about 12 midnight and stole the sum of
N14 million.”
The
ACP further stated that the suspect confessed that some of the money he
stole from the bank was converted to foreign currency ($33,000) at
Abuja and Kaduna for ease of movement, adding that $28,000, N1,650,120,
nine pieces of Ghanaian cedis and flight tickets were recovered from
Onuma.
The
commissioner of police in the state, Bala Senchi, announced this at a
news conference in Dutse, and said that the suspects had been
terrorizing residents of the locality.
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