A man, identified as Glory Samuel, has been arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command for defrauding a businessman of N120 million, News About Nigeria reports.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
He noted that the 34-year-old man was arrested after a complaint was filed on April 1 regarding suspicious withdrawals totaling N2,068,000 from a complainant’s company bank account.
Wakil said that the arrest was also an order from the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed, who gave the State Intelligence Department the directive to promptly investigate the case.
He further noted that upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to betraying the trust of his neighbour, with whom he had shared a market space for over 15 years.
The suspect explained that after his friend had convinced him that he could make money by accessing a wealthy individual’s phone, he deceitfully borrowed the phone, allowing his accomplice to install financial applications such as Opay and MoneyPoint, which enabled them to transfer the funds to different bank accounts on various occasions.
“Acting under the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed, the State Intelligence Department promptly investigated the case.
“Their meticulous efforts revealed that the suspect had unlawfully withdrawn a significant amount of N120 million from the complainant’s bank account.”
“During interrogation, Glory Samuel admitted to betraying the trust of his neighbour, with whom he had shared a market space for over 15 years.
“Samuel disclosed that a friend he had met at the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi in 2011, before dropping out of computer science, convinced him that he could make money by accessing a wealthy individual’s phone. Exploiting the complainant’s trust, Samuel deceitfully borrowed the phone, allowing his accomplice to install financial applications such as Opay and MoneyPoint.
“This access enabled them to transfer the funds to different bank accounts on various occasions,” the PRO stated.
He added that after the investigation, items such as eight tricycles, N35,000,000 in cash, two uncompleted buildings, 60 bags of cooking charcoal, 30 bags of fertiliser, two motorcycles, and two industrial sewing machines were recovered from the suspect.
