- Safiu Kehinde
A suspected bank intruder was on Tuesday caught at an Abuja branch office of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) where he allegedly hacked the bank’s systems.
This was disclosed in a post shared on X by one of the bank officials simply identified as Praise John.
The X user recounted how the yet-to-be identified intruder had entered the bank on Monday, disguising himself as a customer.
He reportedly proceeded to the toilet, locking himself up while making his way to the ceiling where he hid until the bank closed with all its staff gone.
He thereafter proceeded to hack bank’s systems but was caught on Tuesday morning following the arrival of the bank staff who discovered that there was someone in the ceiling after forcing their way through the door.
“A customer entered our FCMB bank in Secretariat yesterday, went straight to the toilet and locked himself there, then climbed inside the ceiling.
“When he noticed that all the staffs had gone, he came down and tried to hack all the systems.
“He also locked himself inside. This morning when my colleagues arrived the office, they noticed the door was locked from inside.
“They had to break the door and go in, that’s when they noticed that someone was on top of the ceiling.
“Immediately they turned on their system, it started showing “restarting, click ok to accept” Praise narrated.
As captured in a video attached to the post, the suspect was apprehended by security operatives after being forced to come out of the ceiling.
See video below