Post Bank officials arrested in money heist
She said that upon sanctioning the case file, the suspects will be produced in court to answer the charge of theft of money.
Arua: Police in Arua City Central Business Division have arrested and detained five officials of Post Bank Arua Branch over an allegation of stealing 138,685,450/= Ugandan shillings from the same bank.
The suspects arrested include Lakwey Leonard, the operations manager; Feni Walter, the customer service officer; Lunkuse Resty, a banking officer; Tenywa David, a banking officer; and Olara Brian Okidi, a banking officer.
The fivesome were arrested on February 29, 2024, at about 8 p.m. after arriving in Arua from Kampala together with the investigating officer.
On February 5, 2024, the Regional Head of Distributions Northern Region reported a complaint at the Arua City Central Business Division that some officials of the Post Bank Arua Branch allegedly stole cash from the bank branch, totaling 138,685,450.
Josephine Angucia, the West Nile Regional Police Spokesperson, said that accordingly, police opened General Enquiry File (GEF) number 21/2024 to investigate the allegation.
On December 30, 2023, when the Risk Team came from the Post Bank Head Office in Kampala to the Arua Branch for the end-of-year cash count, they realized that a total of 138,685,450 shillings were missing.
On February 28, 2024, seven of the officials who were allegedly connected with the loss of money were called for a disciplinary session at the Post Bank Head Office in Kampala.
The seven officials allegedly called to head office were the branch manager, the branch operations manager, the branch operations supervisor, the customer service officer, and the three banking officers all attached to Arua Branch.
The head office further notified the police investigators about the disciplinary session.
However, after hearing what transpired, the management of Post Bank Uganda decided that a criminal proceeding be instituted against the seven officials of the Post Bank Arua Branch. #
Five of them who went to Kampala for the disciplinary session were accordingly arrested and later detained at Arua City Central Business Division for investigations.
The branch manager and the branch operations supervisor, who allegedly never appeared for the disciplinary session at the head office on February 28, 2024, missed the arrest at that time.
Angucia asserted they are yet at large, pending arrest over the same allegation.
A preliminary charge of theft of money has been preferred to them pending advice by the resident state attorney as inquiries continue under Arua CBD CRB 180/2024.
The regional police mouthpiece said that upon sanctioning the case file, the suspects will be produced in court to answer the charge of theft of money.
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