A man who allegedly sneaked into the ceiling of Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, in Birnin Kebbi, with the intention to rob the bank has been arrested.
The man identified as Idam Jeremiah had planned to hide in the ceiling until the bank closed to customers so he could steal money from the bank.
According to a witness who preferred anonymity, the young man pretended to be a customer of the bank to gain entrance into the bank.
“When he entered the bank he pretended as if he wanted to use the toilet and climbed into the ceiling,” the said.
Daily Trust reports that one of the cleaners in the bank noticed the slippers he abandoned in the toilet as he climbed into the ceiling, also leaving some stains on the wall.
“She called the attention of the security men at the bank and one of them went up the ceiling to find out if someone was there. That was how we discovered someone hiding in the ceiling,”.
It was also gathered that after he was discovered in the ceiling the bank management called in the police but the man refused to come until they threatened to shoot him.
The spokesman of Kebbi Police Command, DSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. He said, “The matter is still being investigated by the CID.”
