Police arrest two suspects with nine ATM cards in Niger
21 November 2023 |
3:04 am
The police in Niger State have arrested two suspects for attempting to swap a female victim’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card at a commercial bank gallery in Suleja Local Council of the state.
The police in Niger State have arrested two suspects for attempting to swap a female victim’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card at a commercial bank gallery in Suleja Local Council of the state.
Spokesperson for the command, Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the development in a statement yesterday, said the suspects, Aver Wese, ‘31’, of Obudu in Cross-Rivers State and Godwin Deor, ‘30’, of Ankpa in Kogi State, were arrested on November 16, by police operatives attached to Suleja Area Command.
According to him, the suspects were arrested at Old NEPA roundabout, Suleja, after they attempted to swap the victim’s ATM card.He explained that the victim, who discovered the attempt, raised an alarm, which forced the suspects to immediately enter a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. YAB 267 CW and zoomed off.
Abiodun stressed that a police patrol team was alerted, and it trailed the vehicle, adding that the vehicle was intercepted at Old NEPA roundabout, Suleja, and the two suspects were arrested, while the driver, one David Therma abandoned the vehicle and escaped.
He said: “During interrogation, the suspects confessed that both of them came from Lokoja and met David at Zuba, in Abuja, who was said to have taken the vehicle from an Uber driver in Abuja.
“ The suspects said they moved into a commercial bank in Suleja, where they met the female victim who was having difficulties in operating an ATM. They spied on her Personal Identification Number (PIN) and offered to help her, as the machine could not dispense, but in the process, the card was ejected and they attempted to swap her ATM card, she noticed the act and raised an alarm.
“The suspects claimed that they were graduates of Educational Technology from Benue State University, and that they had been carrying out such nefarious activities for the past five months, which they withdrew about N170, 000 from victims’ accounts in Nasarawa State, while about N90, 000 was withdrawn through victims’ cards in Lokoja, but the attempt in Suleja was not successful.”
Abiodun added that a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. YAB 267 CW, nine ATM cards, one Point of Sale (PoS) machine and one flash drive were recovered from the suspects, while they were undergoing further investigation at State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Minna, and efforts are ongoing to apprehend fleeing David Therma.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, has enjoined members of the public to be more careful at ATM galleries, and be more security cautious at other public places. He commended Nigerlites and the victim for their cooperation and support, which was fruitful in arresting the suspects.
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