A 27-year-old
worker who scared bank customers in Lagos by announcing publicly that he
belongs to the extremist Boko Haram group, was on Friday taken before an
Igbosere Magistrates’ Court.
Francis Mokwe is
facing a charge of disorderly conduct at a branch of Stanbic-IBTC Bank in the
metropolis.Police said the
accused did not only scream that he is a member of Boko Haram, but wrote same
as his name on the bank teller.
The prosecutor, Olanrewaju Balogun, told the court
that Mr. Mokwe committed the offence at 9.00 a.m. at the Agungi-Lekki branch of
the bank.
Mr. Balogun said the accused caused panic and
confusion among customers and bankers in the banking hall by publicly
professing to be a Boko Haram member.
According to the prosecutor, the accused walked
into the banking hall supposedly for a transaction, but started shouting: “I am
a Boko Haram member’’.
He alleged that the accused also wrote “Boko-Haram”
on the teller in his hand.
“The accused was immediately taken out of the
banking hall by security guards, who handed him over to the authorities,” the
police prosecutor said.
Mr. Balogun noted that the offence contravened
Section 166 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the
charge.
In her ruling, the Magistrate, Helen Omisore,
granted the man bail in the sum of N10,000 with a surety in like sum.
She adjourned the case till June 18 for mention.
(NAN)