Police Demand N180,000 To Track Yahoo Boy Who Stole N1.3m From Lady’s Account

Operatives on the Kubwa Police Division in Abuja have demanded N180,000 to assist a feminine sufferer recuperate N1.3 million stolen from her account by a suspected web fraudster.

PRESSINFORMANT had earlier reported Angel’s ordeal by the hands of 1 Frank, a suspected fraudster who illegally withdrew N1.3 million from the sufferer’s checking account utilizing a SIM card linked to the account.

That they had met bodily at Soul Lounge nightclub in Kubwa after exchanging contacts by a ‘hookup’ cell utility in August.

It was meant to be a one-night encounter, however the duo ended up protecting one another’s firm for eight days on the BChezz Resort in Kubwa, Abuja.

She narrated how Frank used a cell level of sale (POS) operator close to the lodge to wipe her whole financial savings from her account.

The sufferer deliberate on utilizing the cash to hire a store and begin a hair and wig enterprise.

Angel informed THE WHISTLER that she approached the police division to assist monitor down Frank and recuperate her cash.

The sufferer, who seemed dejected when our correspondent met her on the Kubwa police division, mentioned the police had arrested the POS operator, Michael, however later launched him.

“This man (the POS operator) informed me he had no thought about what Frank did, saying that Frank informed him that we had been planning on getting married, are you able to think about?” mentioned the sufferer.

In line with Angel, investigations confirmed that the POS operator was nonetheless speaking with Frank after the incident.

She mentioned Michael was launched by the police on bail on September 6, three days after he was arrested.

“My IPO (investigating police officer) mentioned they launched him to go print out his financial institution assertion.

“However, how can the police launch Michael on bail with out telling me? The one obtainable suspect? As a result of my IPO is Igala and him too? they’re doing a tribal factor. I don’t perceive how the police are dealing with this case,” Angel mentioned.

In the meantime, a senior officer on the division informed our correspondent that the POS operator was launched as a result of he was not culpable of any offence as he was solely doing his enterprise.

“There isn’t any must hold him when he was solely doing his enterprise. So, all she will be able to do is to permit the police to do their work by monitoring him (Frank),” the officer mentioned.

In a telephone interview on August 10, Angel informed THE WHISTLER that the IPO demanded N180,000 to trace Frank and had demanded upfront fee of N60,000, whereas N120,000 could be paid upon the arrest of the suspect.

Apart from that, the sufferer mentioned the IPO additionally pressured her to permit him go to her at dwelling.

Requested if she would pay the N180,000 demanded by the police, she mentioned: “There may be nothing to speak about; they already let the quick suspect go. I actually can’t belief them.

“Anyone that could be a suspect, you launched him to go earlier than I got here and you’re telling me to come back again. So, what if on the finish of the day they assist me to seek out this man, will they nonetheless launch him behind my again if he provides them cash?

“The boy (Frank) has informed me already that police can not catch him, and he’s proper”.

Subsequently, the police informed the sufferer {that a} Navy personnel was keen to assist monitor Frank’s geolocation for N8,500.

This got here after they diminished the unique quantity to N50,000, however famous that she would possibly solely recuperate N500,000 in the event that they helped to arrest the suspect.

“…perhaps they’re pondering I nonetheless have cash they usually need to assist me to spend it after I don’t have some other cash,” she mentioned, including that she had solely given the police N8,000 to this point.