Pickpockets and other criminals had a field day robbing Kaduna bank customers who went to change their old notes at the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
Daily Post gathered that the criminals usually mixed with the bank customers, engaging in discussions and cheering them while they waited in queues.
However, the criminals had disappeared by the time customers discovered their items were missing.
James Onoja, on Saturday, February 18, 2023, cried profusely as she discovered that her husband’s car, which was parked close to the CBN gate Kaduna was stolen by an unknown person.
“My husband drove me to the bank’s gate this morning with his car, as I came to deposit my N20,000 old notes.
“As a uniform personnel, he tried to penetrate inside the bank, before he came out, thieves had stolen it,” she expressed tearfully.
Also, Samuel Moses, who said he came with N30,000 to deposit at the CBN, said the money was stolen while struggling with others at the gate to enter the premises.
Musa Anebi said criminals stole his motorcycle parked at the gate of the bank.
” I parked my motorcycle at the gate of the bank, but before I could finish talking to a bank’s security operatives, they had taken away the motorcycle,” he said.
Notorious Thief Electrocuted While Stealing From Church In Abia
The Police in Abia on Sunday, May 1, 2022, confirmed the electrocution of a suspected thief popularly called “Bouncer” in Aba while stealing from a church.
Geoffrey Ogbonna, the Abia Command Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the report in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN.
He said the “area-boy” popularly known as “Bouncer” was allegedly electrocuted while trying to steal a church’s electrical appliances and other equipment in Aba.
Ogbonna said that although the Police did not yet have his real name, his corpse had been deposited in a mortuary.
NAN learnt from worshippers that the incident happened at St Luke’s Anglican Church, Agbarevo Street, off Omuma Road, in Eziukwu-Asa-Okpuaja in Aba South Local Government Area on Saturday midnight.
A worker in the church who pleaded anonymity, said they had recorded several robbery incidents in the church premises with no one ever caught to account for several missing items in the past.
However, he said that concerning the incident of April 30, “Bouncer’s voice was heard shouting ‘Oh Jesus’ inside the Church premises about midnight on Saturday.”
He said after the shout, they discovered the corpse of the street urchin early on Sunday morning, confirming suspicions that the thief lived around the church.
He alleged that the deceased had jumped into the church premises through the rear fence, dismantled other equipment, cutting wires when power was restored, leading to his electrocution.
The source said, “This church has recorded several stealing cases in recent times.
“The thieves have made a mess of the house of God with their stealing techniques. We have been living at the mercy of God. Nothing is safe here. Not even the roofing sheets.
“The church lost newly fixed roofing sheets worth millions of Naira. We have lost too many plastic chairs and seats worth hundreds of thousands of naira.
“The last one that happened which shocked everyone was a very big goat which was used by a church member for thanksgiving.
“And the goat valued at about N150,000 was tied up in the church compound but was stolen the next day. Can you imagine the guts?
“We discovered the thief pulled down some blocks while jumping into the church compound to do his thing.
“I am not happy about his death. I would have loved it if he was alive to repent, but this should be a lesson to others out there.”
“His corpse was discovered on Sunday and had been reported at the Central Police Station, Aba. It is really a pity. People need to stop doing evil.”
Source: Daily Post
