A 43-year-old man, Azeez Isa, was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was caught attempting to break into a bank at the Maplewood Estate in the Oko Oba area of Lagos State.
According to a police source, Isa was caught with a sledgehammer which he used in hitting the security door of the bank while trying to gain entry.
The source who preferred to remain anonymous said, “The security guards attached to the bank heard the sound of someone hitting an object early in the morning.
“They traced the sound and found a man using a sledgehammer to hit the security door. He kept hitting the door repeatedly without minding that the sound could attract the attention of people around there.”
The police source said the security guards were at first scared because they didn’t know who else was with him during the operation.
The state police command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hudenyin, confirmed the arrest, and explained that “a distress call was received at 4.20 a.m, at the Control Room, Ikeja. A team of anti-crime policemen led by an ASP was mobilised to the scene.
“On arrival, one Aseez Isah, 43, was caught in action. He was breaking the bank’s security doors to gain entrance into the banking hall. He was, subsequently, arrested. The investigation is ongoing”, he said.
