The Lagos State Police Command has
arrested Dare Oladujoye, a driver with Zenith
Bank, for allegedly being in possession of 19
Guaranty Trust Bank ATM cards and the sum
of N652, 000.
It was gathered from reliable
source that the suspect was using the cards
to withdraw money from an ATM at Ogba
branch of GTB when a security guard raised
the alarm.
The Commissioner of Police for the state
police command, Mr. Umar Manko, said as of
the time of his arrest, the suspect had
withdrawn N652, 000 from the ATM.
Manko said, “On July 26, 2012, around
8:30pm, there was a distress call that there
was commotion at GTB, Ogba branch. On
getting there, the suspect was seen with 19
ATM cards.
“He is an employee of Zenith Bank and we
wondered what he was doing with the 19
cards. He was arrested and as of the time of
his arrest, he had cashed N652, 000. The
matter is under investigation.”
The suspect however denied stealing the
ATM cards. He said whenever he lent people
money, he would collect their ATM cards as
collateral and return them after payment.
He said, “I usually loan people money and
I’ve been doing it for over a year. Whenever I
loan people money, I will collect their ATM
cards and their Personal Identification
Numbers. When they repay me, I return their
cards to them.