A Private security guard attached to a notable private school in Lagos has been arrested for allegedly attempting to withdraw money from his employer’s bank account.
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The police have picked his accomplice who allegedly provided the account that the money would have been transferred into.
Lagos state police spokesman , CSP Chike Oti , said :” On the strength of the complaint to the commissioner of police, CP Imohimi Edgal, by the proprietress of a notable private school in the state, that attempts were made on four different occasions, between April and July 2018, to steal money from the school account.
she further alleged that within that period, she received four debit transaction alerts of various sums of money ranging from N900,000.00, N800, 000.00, N150,000 and N600,000.00 respectively. She, therefore, requested the police to unravel the person’s behind the crime.
” Sequel to her complaint, the Commissioner of Police mobilised a crack team of detectives from the State Intelligence Bureau led by CSP Vera Ameh to fish out the brains behind the attempts.
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Through diligent investigation, Abolarin, 42, of Alapere, Ketu, a native of Omuaran, Kwara state, a security guard at the college was arrested.
” During interrogation, he confessed to the stealing of four different cheque leaves belonging to the school. He thereafter called in his brother-in-law, Jerry, a native of Iffe Ikoyi town of Ijumu LGA, Kogi state, who provided the Diamond bank account used in the attempt to withdraw the various amounts.
” The suspect told the police that he regretted his actions against his boss whom he claimed awarded scholarships to his four children. Both suspects are currently in police custody and are helping in the further investigation of the case.
“The Commissioner of Police, advises employers of labour to do a thorough profiling of their employees to avoid incidences of this nature and keep their chequebooks and ATM cards away from unauthorized persons”
