The police
in Lagos have arrested an apprentice mechanic in the Mushin area of the state,
Ibrahim Adebowale, for allegedly withdrawing a sum of N156,000 from his boss’
bank account.
It was
learnt that the boss, Akinyemi Benjamin, had given the suspect his Automated
Teller Machine card to help him withdraw N20,000.
Adebowale,
24, was said to have cleared N156,000 in his boss’ account and made away with
it.
He
reportedly used the money to place a bet on football matches via a sport
betting outlet popularly known as NaijaBet.
It was
gathered that Benjamin reported the case to the police at the Olosan Division
and Adebowale was tracked down.
The
complainant told the police that he was working on a car when he received
N20,000 debit alerts repeatedly.
He said he
was surprised and rushed to an ATM point around his workshop where he had told
Adebowale to withdraw the money, adding that he did not meet him there.
Benjamin
said, “I gave him my ATM card to go to a nearby bank and help me withdraw
N20,000. Some minutes after he left, I received alerts on my phone, showing
that he had collected N20,000 many times.
“I left
what I was doing and rushed to the bank. By the time I got there, I had received
alerts indicating that he had withdrawn N156,000. I went to check him at his
parents’ house but his mother said she did not know his whereabouts. I then
reported the case to the police.”
Adebowale,
a native of Lafenwa in Ogun State, owned up to the crime in his statement to
the police, adding that he used the money for betting.
He said,
“That day, my boss gave me his ATM card to help him withdraw N20,000 from his
account. When I got to the ATM point, I decided to withdraw N156,000 and ran
away. I used the money to place bets in NaijaBet.”
He was
consequently brought before an Ogba magistrates’ court by a police prosecutor,
Inspector Koti Ahondehemba, on two counts of stealing.
The
charges read, “That you, Ibrahim Adebowale, on April 13, 2019 at about 7.20pm,
on Oyekunle Street, Mushin, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conduct
yourself in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace by taking your boss’ UBA
ATM card, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section168 (d) of the
Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
“That you,
Ibrahim Adebowale, on the same date, time and place, in the aforementioned
magisterial district, did steal the sum of one N156,000 property of one
Akinyemi Benjamin, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 287
of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
Adebowale,
however, pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him.
The
presiding Magistrate, Mr K. O. Osundare, granted him bail in the sum of N80,000
with one surety in the like sum and adjourned the matter till May 6, 2019.
- Punch
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