Men of the Nigerian Police of the Ondo State command have foiled a robbery attempt in a first generation bank in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

The state Police Commissioner, Mike Ogbodu who disclosed this to newsmen in Akure, said that some suspected robbers had perfected plans to rob the bank by digging over 10 metres hole from the back of the bank into the bank.

Ogbodu explained that the tunnel was discovered by policemen on surveillance at the bank situated on the Ado-Owo road, adding that the command put in place adequate measure to foil the attempted robbery.

Items like diggers, cutlasses, hoes and shovels recovered at the scene, were shown to journalists by the police boss while conducted them round the bank premises.

The police boss, however, assured banks in the state of adequate security of their workers and customers, even as he urged authorities of the banks to be vigilant, with a promise to arrest the perpetrators of the criminal act.

Similarly, a serial hacker, Daniel Obasi, who specialises in hacking Facebook accounts of very important personalities in the country, was among other criminals paraded by the state police command.

According to the Police Commissioner, Obasi was arrested by his men after hacking into the Facebook accounts of the state deputy governor, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo, saying the suspect also committed similar offence by hacking into the Facebook account of the Lagos State deputy governor, Dr Oluranti Idiat Adebule.

Ogbodu said that the suspects had been using the platform to dupe unsuspecting friends of his victims, saying several thousands of Naira were paid into Obasi's bank accounts.

According to police investigation, Obasi usually use the clone accounts to chat with friends, siblings and political associates of the deputy governors, convincing them about non-existing contracts to be given out by their state governments, and asking them to pay some specific amount into his account to help facilitate the contracts.

The accused confirmed the development and said: "I am Daniel from Imo State but live in Port Harcourt. I opened a separate account of deputy governors and I used it to chat with people on the net. I did not hack into their accounts; I only opened new account on their behalf. I use it to communicate with people. I have never hacked into their accounts."

He blamed his action on frustration, explaining that he was a businessman before the business collapsed, saying: "Since then, I have engaged in cyber crime. I have not been long in this business. I have only clone accounts of Ondo and Lagos states deputy governors."

The police also paraded a syndicate who specialised in stealing vehicle brain boxes, who was arrested with over 30 vehicle brain boxes.and 20 vehicle glasses.

The commissioner said the suspects and the receivers of the goods would be arraign in court soon.