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 We started hearing rumbling and shouts from the robbers and those being threatened by them. We remembered there was a cctv up on the wall and most of us tried to sit directly under the cctv on the floor, to hide from it's view. I remember the robbers came twice to bang on the doors of the room we were in. As they banged, they commanded that the door be opened. We were scared but ignored them. After a while, they came with the manager (an elderly woman) and commanded that she opened the door or they'll do something to her. Remember the man in charge of cash was in the room with us. He became worried and wanted to open the door so they won't hurt the manager. We were really scared because we didn't know what was going to happen next. She was pleading with them that she didn't have the key and could not open the door. Then we heard the manager make a statement. She said "Oh! They have locked this place and run away. They ran away and left me." She repeated i

It was 2003, in one of the branches of First Bank in Sapele. I was doing my IT at the end of my 3rd year in university. I worked in several units of the bank from cash and clearing, to customer service, to bulk room.  I was in the bulk room when the bank robbery took place. When I was transferred to the bulk room, I had a new boss. I think he was a member of Christ Embassy. Apart from the occasional tips I got after helping customers count and confirm their bulk cash, I really enjoyed listening to my new boss talk and how jovial he was.  I remember that while gisting with another HOD in the bank my boss once said "if those bad people ever come here, they will not see me and I will not see them." He said "I will just lock this door and that door and that will be it." There was an iron door close to his seat and another one close to my seat. I smiled and nodded my head in agreement with him. I think he made this statement again in another conversation and I think some