Student steals neighbour’s ATM card, withdraws N89,000

A 24-year-old student, Ifeanyi Kalu, was on Friday arraigned in a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, for allegedly stealing his neighbour’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card, which he used to withdraw N89,000.
Kalu who resides behind Aso Market, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, is standing trial on a count charge of theft.
The prosecutor, Agabi Auta, told the court that one Ogbonna Onyejiuwa, of the same address with the defendant, reported the matter at the ‘A’ Divisional Police Station, Mararaba on July 26.
According to Auta, the defendant unlawfully used a stolen Eco Bank ATM card of his neighbour to withdraw N89, 000 without his consent.
“The defendant went to the complainant’s room, took his ATM card without his consent, went to the ATM and withdrew all his money,” he said.
The prosecutor said that the defendant knew the complainant’s pin number because he once sent him to the bank to help withdraw some money for him.
Agabi said that the offence contravened Section 287 of the Penal Code.
The section provides that if convicted of stealing, an accused is liable to three years imprisonment.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge, while the judge, Mr Albert Maga, granted him bail in the sum of N100, 000, with one surety in like sum.
Maga said the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and adjourned the case until Aug. 21 for hearing.