Bankers’ carelessness aided my operations – Robbery suspect

A bank robbery suspect on Wednesday disclosed that he had hitch free operations in banks due to carelessness of bankers.

34-year-old Ibrahim Abdulamdi who was paraded by the Lagos State Police Command said he usually went into banks carrying a big bag as though he wanted to pay in bulk cash.

He explained that inside the bulk room, he simply collects money and leaves.

Abdulamdi said it was the same style he adopted when he went into a branch of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and left the bulk room after stealing N1.250 million.

Explaining how he started stealing from banks, the suspect who was arrested in his room at Tapa Guest House, Ojota, said the whole thing started in 2013, after he lost his job

He said, “I am not an armed robber. I go into banks to steal not to rob. When I get there I pretended as if I want to pay in some money. For instance when I went into FCMB bank to withdraw money, I went straight to the bulk room.  After monitoring the environment carefully, I saw some money and I collected it. I collected N1.250million.

“It was this year that I went there. I didn’t go there with a pistol. I succeeded in stealing from the bank because the bank operatives were careless.  I went into the bulk room and picked the money. I am not an armed robber. There was nobody there when I went to the bulk room and picked the money. I am telling you exactly what happened.

“Why I say that the bank operatives are careless is because one of the cashiers was reading when I went into the bulk room and she did not see me,” he said.

Although it was alleged that the suspect went into the bank with a hidden pistol, which he brought out and threatened the cashier, Abdulamdi denied the claims, insisting that he was just smart.

Demonstrating how he swapped his polytene bag containing cut-to-size- papers with victims’ own containing money, the suspect said he usually pretended to be asking the cashier’s questions.

“I used different method for different operations, sometimes I swapped the victims’ bag containing money with a look alike bag containing cut-to-size papers.”
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