Robbers steal Sh20m from Othaya Equity Bank
What you need to know:
- They had fake staff identification cards.
- They are said to have walked inside the bank pretending to do inspections.
Police in Nyeri are investigating how robbers walked into an Equity Bank branch in Othaya posing as officials from the lender's head office and stole over Sh20 million Friday morning.
The three men had fake staff identification cards.
They are alleged to have entered the bank at around 6am through the rear entrance and told the branch deputy manager that they had been authorised to carry out auditing.
They are said to have walked inside the bank pretending to do inspections.
It is not clear how the robbers got access to the cash, but sources at the bank told the Nation that they were armed with a knife and ordered the deputy branch manager to open the safe.
“They took out the cash and even counted it,” said our source, who did not want to be named, but added that the amount stolen was Sh30 million.
Nyeri Police Commander Larry Kieng’ said police were investigating how the money was stolen and that no arrest had been made.
