A 20-year-old man identified as Segun Gabriel is currently in police cell for allegedly defrauding a Point-of-Sale (POS) operator in Ogun State.
The police in Ogun State described Segun Gabriel as “a rogue and a vagabond who specialises in transferring money out of POS accounts using fake alert.”
The boy, who is now detained at the Ajuwon Divisional Police headquarters in the Ifo Local Government Area of the State, was arrested on October 6, 2023.
According to a statement by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, Gabriel had, on October 5, transacted the sum of N40,000 with the victim, “which resulted into a fake inter-bank transfer,” but the POS operator did not notice the loss.
On October 6, Gabriel returned to the same operator to transact the sum of N35,000.
“The victim did not notice the fraud the second time until after the criminal had disappeared into thin air.
“While the victim was on her lawful activities on same date, at about 1630hrs, she was lucky to have sighted the suspect under the bridge in Akute, she raised the alarm attracting passersby who assisted her in arresting Segun Gabriel,” Odutola explained.
The PPRO informed that the police in the area were contacted and Segun was taken to the station.
She added that the suspect is “presently in the police custody giving vital information to the police on how to arrest his accomplices.”
