Abuja bureau chief’s car stolen outside bank premises

Car thieves have made away with a Toyota Camry with registration number Lagos LSR 355 AR, belonging to The PUNCH Abuja bureau chief , Olalekan Adetayo .

The silver car was stolen from First Bank premises in Central District Business , Abuja , on Thursday .

Items taken away along with the vehicle include an iPad, hair clippers, house keys , four shirts , documents and N5 , 000 cash.

Adetayo had parked in front of the bank’ s Coomasie House branch to withdraw some money from the Automated Teller Machine when the car stolen .

It was gathered that several cars belonging to customers had been stolen from the parking lot despite the presence of private security guards and policemen there .

A Police officer attached to the bank disclosed that a car was similarly taken away by thieves a few days ago .

Narrating his ordeal, Adetayo said , “ I parked the car in front of the First Bank and I went to the ATM gallery to carry out a transaction , but I observed that the machine was not functional, so I left .

“ When I got to the park, my car was nowhere to be found .

“ I initially thought it was towed away by the Federal Road Safety Corps officials, but checks at their car dump at Eagle Square indicated that they did not carry out a towing operation around the bank’ s premises . ”

The Federal Capital Territory Police spokesman , DSP Anjuguri Manzah , said the Police were investigating the theft .

        

                                           Source:The punch