But rather than touch the money, in a rare display of honesty, he alerted the bank’s authority, won himself a scholarship, and was hosted to a reception at the Lagos headquarters of his church, Mountain of Fire and Miracles by the Overseer Dr. D.k. Olukoya,
Adeyemi explains exactly how the error happened...
Adeyemi "It all happened on Friday August 13, 2010. I was going back home for the weekend and decided to cash N2, 000 from my acct, out of the N3, 000 that I had there. I inserted my ATM card, the machine dispensed N2, 000. I re-entered my password to check my balance and saw a balance of N9.3 billion! I was surprised. To verify what I saw there, I had to re-insert the ATM card to withdraw N20, 000. An amount which was more than what I had there. To my utmost surprised, the machine dispensed the money. That shows that the money is real. I printed out the receipt and went home because the bank had already closed then. I kept the N20, 000 with me and on Monday Morning, I went to see the bank manager and narrated the whole story to her and returned the N20, 000.
The institution will offer him employment - School PRO
"The management of the institution promise to give him scholarship for his HND programme and also when he finishes in the institution, he is offered employment.
First Bank explains error: It was a computer malfunctioning that enabled Mr. Adeyemi's ATM Card access funds in one of the Bank's internal accounts. This glitch was rectified within a few minutes. During that period, Mr Adeyemi was able to withdraw N20, 000 which is the maximum amount with-drawable for a single transaction. We all know that computers do malfunction. Stories of this nature abound globally. However First Bank has a very robust security measure in place that ensures security of our customer's data and their funds.
23 comments:
this is a man that has the fear of God in him....
Not like he would have gotten away with it...pls. it's bank error, they would have reversed it with or w/o his consent.
anon 8.45pm
trust there are some pple who have gotten away with this, this man is just honest.
yyyaaahhhyyyyyyy i die wake up.i no go return am lie lie
good for him.
na wa o. first bank! which kain obote do that kind goofing??? good on the bank to reward him so generously. nice story.
I'ld return the money but they're gonna have to give or promise me something in return,maybe like a job when im through with school or something.its a very lousy mistake by the bank and they should be made to sweat alittle..just sayin
It is not a big deal cos there are softwares specifically for tracking mis lodged payments, so by and large the bank would have found out. Be that as it may he had no choice,it is not his money so he has to return it; if he had spent some out of it nothing would have happened anyway....and again the banker who made that grievous mistake is careless right from childhood he or she should be warned.
I would withdraw just 100 million from the money and travel outta the country asap!!!!!!!! Its not like they have electronics that can track him down immediately or something.
WOW, this is a man who has a fear of God. This is rare in a country like Nigeria, God bless him.
Mehn, honestly i would have probably spend a lil bit of that money and ask for forgiveness later...lol. Ok, i will not spend it if they promise to give me a good amount.
Amazing young man!!! It shows there is still hope for Nigeria, we still have people of integrity. I pray we all imbibe this kind of virtue and learn not to be greedy or cut corners at whatever we do.
wow...can i do dat? ow many years im go take work to earn dat kind money? well, i pray to God to gimme such honesty...i wish...
dats bullshit...dis banks charge us certain amount every time without an xplanation on what the charges are for....and u xpect me not to commot not even 200k before alertin?plz i aint dat dumb!
I salute this student. U are welldone.
I wish GTB would make that kind of mistake with my account, lai lai they will never see me again.
However I do not believe their glitch excuse.
jesu christ..what nonsense explanation...wow
the comments on this story say a lot about we Nigerians. it was a weekend, he could have gone back on Sat & Sun to withdraw more money before the bank would find out about it so all those saying he couldnt have gotten away with it, that's bs.
I dont understand the bank's explanation sha ..just sounds like they trying to cover up their ass..That student is proof that there is honour in integrity however....
I dont understand the bank's explanation sha ..just sounds like they trying to cover up their ass..That student is proof that there is honour in integrity however....
Haha they better reward him with N1billion
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@ Nobs! I agree with you!
yeah, it's not like they wouldn't have commoted the dough with or without his approval of course...plus he couldn't have escaped with more than 60k from the ATM anyway.them go halla if he walked in and they saw 9.3bn...trust me, they know all their customers with over 10m...trust me, i make them cakes @ their every birthday, compliments of the banks! nonsense!
honesty pays. Nigeria's future is bright and for the bank to award him a ascholarship with a future job prospects, what else is teh young man looking for. I duff my hat for him cos in the face of abject poverty hovering over almost a larger % of the citizenry, even if he coudlnt withdraw more than 60K, it's still the highest form of integrity and fear of God. I wish him the best for the future.
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