The Ogun State Police Command has arrested an aggrieved customer, Sodirudeen Rufai for attempting to set fire to the Guaranty Trust Bank building situated in the Oke-Ilewo Area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The suspect who was ignored after repeatedly complaining to the bank about an unauthorised N500,000 was debited from his account, decided to raze the building.

It was gathered that Rufai have been advised by the Area Commander, Metro, Abeokuta, that he should allow the bank to follow its procedure in unraveling the circumstances behind the deduction when he reported the matter.

However, the situation worsened after the bank informed him that he had been duped.

Angered by the information he just received, Rufai was said to have gone back to the bank with petrol and began to sprinkle it on the banking hall.

Some customers fled the scene in fear as the drama played out, while others along with the bank security personnel wrestled Rufai to the ground before he could use the lighter in his hand.

During interrogation, the suspect was said to have claimed that he took the action to attract the attention of the necessary authorities about what the bank did with his money.

The state police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, who spoke with Punch said Rufai would be charged with attempted suicide and murder.

“He was fighting a noble cause in an ignoble way. He has a right to make a complaint that his money is missing. But the way he went about it was wrong. We are going to hold him for an attempt to commit suicide with murder because if he had succeeded, he would have killed himself and every other person in the bank.”