Crime
NSCDC Arrests 4 Fraudsters For Withdrawing N2m In Jigawa
Suspects have confessed to the crime and were charged before a Chief Magistrate Court
Dutse, Jigawa State– The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa State have arrested four suspects in an allegedly fraudulent operation, using a stolen card to withdraw N2m from a bank account belonging to one Sambo Muhammad.
In a statement released by the state command’s spokesperson, CSC Adamu Shehu, said Sambo had sent his 18-year-old son with his ATM card to refuel his motorcycle at a filling station where he met the suspects.
According to Shehu, the suspects tricked the teenage boy into believing that they would use prayers to increase the amount of money in his father’s bank account.
They made the boy to hand over his father’s ATM card and the motorcycle valued at N640,000.
“Sadiq Sa’idu, 28yrs of Unguwa Uku Gidan Tsamiya, Nura Adamu, 23yrs of Gyadi-Gyadi Yandusa, both from Tarauni LGA, Sa’adu Danladi 25yrs of Tsangaya Village, Albasu LGA all from Kano State and Sani Idris, 35yrs of Gadadun Quarters, Dutse, Jigawa State were apprehended following a complaint lodged at the NSCDC Area Command Hadejia by one Sambo Muhammad of Unguwar Galo on the 5th of October, 2023,” the statement read.
“According to Sambo, he sent his 18-year-old son, Al-Amin with his ATM card to refuel his motorcycle at a filling station but met with Sadiq Sa’adu and Nura Adamu who deceived and tricked him into believing that they would assist him with prayers to increase the amount of money in his bank account and made him handover all the contents of his pocket including the ATM card belonging to his father and the keys to his motorcycle, Haojue. They afterwards, fled.
“Malam Sambo further stated that the sum of Two Million (N2,000,0000) was already deducted from his account at the time of lodging his complaint.
“Upon receiving the complaint, intelligence from the Area Command swung into action by tracking the POS locations used in debiting the account. An investigation that led them to many places including Kano State.
Following their arrest, they disclosed to had disposed of the motorcycle to Sa’adu Danladi at the rate of N250,000 in Takai LGA who in turn sold it to Sani Idris at N265,000, while the actual value of the motorcycle is put at N640,000.
“Suspects have confessed to the crime and were charged before a Chief Magistrate Court (CMC) in Hadejia to face the full wrath of the law.”