First Bank of Nigeria Limited has released a Corporate Statement regarding the alleged role of a staff of one its Abuja branches where a five-man gang of armed robbers had invaded and were promptly rounded up and arrested by a combined team of policemen and soldiers.
Below is the statement signed and made available by Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications of the bank.
”We are aware that a customer service executive assigned to us by one of our vendors is helping the police with their investigations into the attempted robbery that happened last week in one of our branches in Abuja.
We remain grateful that none of our staff or customers lost their lives during the incident.
We will however refrain from commenting further at this time until the relevant authorities conclude their investigations and we urge all to cooperate fully to enable seamless investigations.
As a responsible organisation that has built trust on the pillar of security and safety for over 125 years, continuous improvement involves taking learnings even from unfortunate situations to further strengthen our security protocols.”
