The way the devil will attack some people on judgement day will be
amazing. It is always the devil, if he had gotten away with the loot,
I'm sure it won't be devil then. So because you returned some money in
the past and wasn't compensated, you decided to steal this time. You
have done the crime, be ready to do the time.
The special anti-robbery squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos has arrested a
45-year-old bullion van driver for allegedly stealing an equivalent of
N18.1 million in foreign currencies from a second generation bank where
he worked. Segun Fatokun was said to be a staff at the Adeyemo Alakija,
Victoria Island branch of the bank, where he worked as head of cash
movement department. He allegedly stole $100,000 and 10,000 Euros, while
himself and five of his colleagues were off loading monies from other
branches, on March 8, 2013.
The suspect ensured N18.1 million equivalent was left behind inside the
bullion van after the cash had been offloaded. It was gathered that he
later hid it in a friend’s house at Oworonshoki area of state. One of
the bank cashiers who took part in the offloading discovered that the
money was missing, on March 11, 2013 and he alerted the authorities who
brought in the police, sources revealed.
Fatokun and five of his colleagues suspected to be involved in the theft
were arrested and detained at Bar-beach police station, after which
they were transferred to SARS for interrogation. A source who craved
anonymity said, operatives at SARS while interrogating the suspects,
found inconsistencies in Fatokun’s statement and isolated him.
“The suspect confessed to have stolen the money and hide it in his
friend, identified as Jide’s house in Oworosoki. “Then, the SARS
operatives proceeded to Jide’s house and recovered 100,000 US dollars
and 10,000 Euros equivalent to 18.1 Million Naira hidden under the bed
while Jide escaped,” the source added.
While speaking on the theft, Fatokun said he was led by the devil to
steal the money. “I have served that bank for 13 years as one of its
senior drivers and I don’t know what came over me before I stole that
money. I have four children and my wife is late. Please I am not a thief
I don’t know what came over me. I am a contract staff in the bank and
this is not the first time the bank has forgotten money in my bullion
van and I returned the money to the bank, but I wasn’t given any thing
as appreciation.”
“Some of my colleagues laughed at me for returning the money and I told
them that I am not a thief. I didn’t know what came over me this time
and I regretted my action.”
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