EFCC, Makurdi zonal office, has
arrested three suspects for conspiracy and obtaining money by false
pretence to the tune of N7, 107, 540.00.
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The suspects- Adewuyi A. Adebayo,31; Osikoya K. Gboyega, 44 and Akintunde Ogunrinde, 47- were arrested on September 9, 2019.
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They were arrested at different locations in Lagos State and transferred to Makurdi, Benue State. .
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The
petitioner alleged that on 18th of February, 2018, he noticed his MTN
line had stopped working as no calls or messages came to his phone and
the phone displayed a message saying, ‘invalid SIM card’.
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He
went to the MTN office to lodge a complaint but was told to apply for a
welcome back SIM that was not successful as someone else had swapped
his SIM card in Abia State.
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He immediately contacted his
account officer at FCMB to inform them of the development and to change
his alert phone number to another line only to discover that
transactions had occurred on his account without his consent.
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The
threshold limit for online transfers on his account had also been
increased above N500k and the sum of N7,107,540 removed from his
account.
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Further investigations revealed that the suspects
masterminded the alleged the fraud. The suspects will soon be charged to
court as soon as investigations are concluded.