Fraud Man charged with theft of woman’s ATM card, N184,000, gets N200,000 bail

Fraud
Man charged with theft of
woman’s ATM card,
N184,000, gets N200,000
bail.

The accused, who resides in Mararaba,
Nasarawa State, is being tried for theft to
which he pleaded not guilty.
A Grade 1 Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on

Thursday, granted a N200, 000 bail to a
33-year-old man, Basil Akpan, who
allegedly stole a woman’s Automated Teller

Machine (ATM) card and withdrew
N184,000 from her account.
The accused, who resides in Mararaba,
Nasarawa State, is being tried for theft to
which he pleaded not guilty.
The judge, Mr Hassan Ishaq, who gave the
ruling, also granted the accused a reliable

surety in like sum, who must have a means of
livelihood and reside within the court’s
jurisdiction.

Ishaq further ruled that the surety must submit
his/her driver’s licence or national identity and
passport-size photographs to the court’s
registrar as part of the bail conditions.

Earlier, Police Prosecutor Helen Ashasim told
the court that the complainant, Hannatu Audu
of Karu had on July 17, reported the case at
Karu Police Station.

She said the complainant went to Skye Bank
branch at Karu on July 16 to withdraw some
money with her ATM card.
“The complainant’s ATM card got trapped in
the machine after several attempts to withdraw
money failed.

“The complainant left the bank only for her to
receive withdrawal alerts on her phone late in
the night of the same day.
“The two withdrawal notifications of a total of
N184, 000 were sent to the complainant’s
phone,” she said.

Ashasim added: "Police investigations revealed
that the sum of N84, 000 was transferred to an
Access Bank account no. 0044258450 belonging
to the accused, who used the complainant’s
ATM card.

“It was also discovered that the sum of N100,
000 was withdrawn using the ATM card.”

She said police detectives immediately notified
the management of Access Bank of the fraud
which led to the arrest of the accused at its
Nyanyan branch.

The offence contravened Section 287 of the
Penal code.
The case was adjourned until October 23 for
hearing.