It was an unforgettable scene in Akure on Friday afternoon when a customer, Toluwalase Ojulowo stormed First Bank Plc at Alagbaka Area, Akure to lodge a complaint of wrong debit into his account.
Toluwalase was not satisfied with the explanation of the Customer Service Office whom he attacked, later descended on officials of the bank and started destroying the banks properties in the branch.
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The eyewitness said, “After leaving the customer care desk, he went straight to the counter where he started destroying many computers with an iron rod. He also smashed one of the money counting machines and ordered all the workers to get out of the bank immediately.
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“He started shouting ‘I will bring down this bank. Everybody should leave now, I am a citizen of this country, why will they deduct my money without explanation. Fuck everybody here,†he was heard saying.
For about 30 minutes, activities in the bank were halted while the other customers in the bank rushed out for safety. The bank officials too quickly rushed out of the banking hall. The bank was said to have closed work for the day following the incident.
It was learnt that a soldier who was in the banking hall when the incident happened invited policemen that took the customer away.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Femi Joseph confirmed the incident, saying the command had commenced investigation into the matter.
“We are yet to ascertain the sanity level of the man but he is with us. We have commenced investigation into the matter,†Joseph said.
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