Student said. “They told me to inform bank cashier I was wrapped with bomb and 12 of their men were outside”

Benjamin Basil, a Polytechnic student who was caught on camera robbing a bank of 100 million naira while armed with what appeared to be bomb devices, claims that he was coerced into carrying out the deed by kidnappers. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>

In a recent report by Punch, Basil explained that he was threatened at gunpoint by the kidnappers, who claimed they would shoot him if he did not cooporate. He said they strapped what he believed to be a bomb to his waist and instructed him to demand one hundred million naira from the bank. He said he was instructed to inform the bank cashier that he was wearing a bomb and that armed men were waiting outside to confront anyone who intervene. He said he followed the kidnappers’ orders and entered the bank, relaying the threats to the cashier. Basil said the cashier promised not to raise alarm, however, he became confused when he saw customers and bank staff running so he tried to escape and he was apprehended by the bank’s security. The suspected bomb devices were later found to be harmless.

In Basil’s words: “They told me to inform the bank cashier that I was wrapped with bomb and 12 of their men were outside with AK-47 to confront anyone in case the cashier calls for help”.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>