The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin has given insight on how an attempt by fraudsters to disposses an innocent victim of her hard earned money was bursted on Friday.
According to the police scribe who narrated the incident on his verified twitter account, a woman whose name was not mentioned, had got to the banking hall and wanted to withdraw a sum of 600,000 naira from the counter.
In the process, the cashier noticed she was fidgeting and restless. The cashier asked her what the problem was and she told him (the cashier) she could not explain the problem or else she (the customer) will die.
The response prompted the bank staff to contact a team of police who arrived the scene and arrested two suspects out of three suspects waiting to collect the money from the victim.
Below is the PPRO statement:
“Yesterday at about 1550hrs, a bank cashier noticed that a 64-year old customer was fidgety, receiving repeated calls and was in a hurry to withdraw N600,000. The cashier asked what the problem was and the woman said she would die if she talked.
“Police officers from Ogudu Division were quickly contacted. Of the three fraudsters waiting outside, Uche Awaize ‘m’ aged 45 and Osadebe Aigbe ‘m’ aged 35 were arrested. The third suspect bolted.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects had first collected N90,000 from the woman. Effort is on to arrest the other gang member.
“PS: Let’s leave their faces open this time so that previous victims can identify & testify against them, and maybe recover their money.”
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