Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Tamale
STEALING of motorbikes and bicycles on the premises of banks in the Tamale metropolis has become the bane of many customers of various banks.
As a result, some customers now prefer to either walk to the banks or entrust their motorbikes to identifiable persons, instead of leaving them under the care of security officers of banks who cannot identify real owners, let alone ward off potential thieves who parade themselves as the real owners.
The customers park their motorbikes and bicycles outside the bank premises while busily transacting business inside the banking halls. Even though there are supposed to be security officers in the yards, they are either not enough or are often preoccupied with other schedules.
The most unfortunate thing is that the banks leave the victims of such thefts to their fate without giving them any support whatsoever.
The latest of such incidents occurred at the main yard of a bank where one Mr Sualisu Alhassan, allegedly stole a customer’s bicycle.
A security officer at the bank, Alex Owusu Ansah, apprehended him and handed him over to the Tamale Police.
According to the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Albert Johnson, the police were conducting further checks into the matter and that the suspect would be prosecuted after investigations.
In a related development, one Awani Da-boye is in police custody for breaking into a vehicle with registration number GE 4878 W at the Russian Bungalow, a suburb of Tamale, to steal a car tape.
Even though the suspect succeeded in his mischief, he was, however, accosted by a neighbour, Mr Edward Ebkang, and escorted to the police station with a pair of scissors, with which they suspected he used for the theft.
Inspector Johnson said the incident occurred around 6 a.m. on May 6, 2008.
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