A
man (name withheld) was recently duped of $30,000 in a Bank.
He was given fake dollar notes totalling $30,000 at
the First City Monument Bank (FCMB), trade fair branch.
According
to an eyewitness account who sent in the photos, the victim said he
went to the FCMB at trade fair complex on Friday, September 11th to buy
dollars but the bank didn’t have enough money, so an Hausa man he met
inside the bank told him he has 30,000 US dollars and he followed the
Hausa man to his office to collect the money.
When he collected the
money, they went back to the bank where he transferred the naira
equivalent of $30,000 into the Hausa man’s account. When the victim got
home at about 7pm, he was shocked to find out the dollar notes were fake
but couldn’t go back to the bank.
So
on Monday morning, he went to the Hausa man’s office and told him the
money was fake, the Hausa man confirmed it was fake and said he bought
the money from FCMB. They went to the bank, laid their complain, but the
bank denied giving them the money.
The
man started shouting which caused the security men attached to the bank
to push him outside and poured tear gas on his body. He removed his
clothes and started crying. The bank locked him outside while the Hausa
man remained inside. People gathered and demanded the bank to provide
the Hausa man and officer who poured the tear gas on the victim but the
bank refused. People started protesting outside the bank and the police
were called.
When
the police arrived, it was learned the bank let the Hausa man out
through the back door without people knowing. They took the victim away
with their vehicle.