I knew bank officials would be in trouble if I didn’t return excess cash after ATM dispensed above request – Delta poly staff
The Deputy Registrar, Delta State Polytechnic, Excellence Ugbune, trended on the social media after he was commended for returning excess cash dispensed to him by an ATM. He speaks to OPEYEMI ADEFEMI about his motivation What is your name and what do you do for a living? My name is Excellence Ugbune. I am a public servant. I am the deputy Registrar at the Delta State Polytechnic. Is it true that an ATM dispensed cash in excess of your request and you returned the excess cash to the bank? Yes; it is true. I was overpaid when I went to withdraw at the ATM. Can you narrate how it happened? Well, some persons have been asking me how possible it is (for an ATM to dispense in excess of request). What happened exactly was that I went to cash some money that day and after cashing the money I decided to confirm if the amount was complete. In the process, I saw that the bundle was a mixture of N1,000 and N500 notes. After counting, I discovered that the cash in my hand was more than the amount I...