Panic As Man Calls Himself Boko Haram Member In Lagos Bank! [PHOTO]

A mental unstable labourer identified as

Francis Mokwe who recently caused

commotion at a banking hall in Lagos was

arraigned before an Igbosere

Magistrates court yesterday.

The 27-year-old alleged mad man is

currently facing disorderly conduct for

causing panic at a branch of Stanbic

IBTC Bank in Lagos.

The prosecutor, Cpl. Olanrewaju

Balogun, told the court that Mokwe

committed the offence at about 9:00

a.m. at the Agungi-Lekki branch of the

bank.

Balogun said the accused caused panic

and confusion among customers and

bankers in the banking hall by publicly

professing to be a member of Boko

Haram insurgents.

According to him, the accused walked

into the banking hall ostensibly 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 accused, however, pleaded not

guilty to the charge. He was granted

bail in the sum of N10,000 with a surety

in like sum.

The case has been put over till June

18th, 2014 for hearing.