Ernest Ewim: mastermind of botched Abuja bank robbery Here is the face of Ernest Ewim, the master-planner of last Saturday’s botched robbery attack against Mpape Abuja branch of First Bank. He was the last of the gang to be arrested by the police. Four other members of his gang, including the bank staff, Ehizo were arrested at the scene of operation on Saturday. A statement by DSP Anjuguri Manzah, the Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, said Ewim, 29, was arrested by a team of Police Detectives at his…
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ABUJA FIRST BANK ROBBERY: BANKER DROVE US TO THE BANK, DISABLED CCTV, ADMINISTERED OATH OF SECRECY, SUSPECT REVEALS
He disabled CCTV, told us we could steal N7m’ Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police on Tuesday paraded three suspected robbers, who attempted to rob an old generation bank in the Mpape area of Abuja last Saturday. An employee of the bank, Larry Ehizo, 30, was alleged to have led three others, Timothy Joe, 21; Princewill Obinna, 24; and Elijah David, 19, to the bank in an attempt to steal a huge sum of money from it. The fourth suspect, identified simply as Patrick, was gunned down by security agents during…
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FOILED ABUJA ROBBERY: POLICE GRILL FIRST BANK EMPLOYEES
From Nicholas Kalu, Abuja Employees of a first generation bank at Mpape in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are being grilled by the police over their alleged involvement in a botched robbery attempt on the bank last Saturday. A source said it was curious how the robbers gained access to the bank on a non-working day and some top officials suspected to have colluded with them were being questioned. Last Saturday, one robber was killed and four others arrested after a team of policemen and soldiers foiled their attempt to rob…
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