A man has reportedly been apprehended in Gwarinpa, Abuja, following an allegation that he collected N500,000 from a Point-of-Sale (POS) operator using a fake bank transfer.
The incident was brought to public attention through a video shared on Facebook by Omera Ugbdede Opaluwa, who gave an account of what allegedly happened around 1st Avenue, Gwarinpa.
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According to the account, the man allegedly approached the POS operator and appeared to establish familiarity with her before requesting the transaction.
It was alleged that after receiving N500,000 in cash, he presented what appeared to be a successful transfer and subsequently left the area.
The woman reportedly discovered after he had left that the money had not actually entered her account. She allegedly attempted to contact him by phone, but according to the Facebook post, he blocked her.
The situation reportedly took another turn after the man was allegedly identified and confronted.
In the post, Omera claimed that the man had previously been confronted over the incident and later returned to the POS location accompanied by police officers.
According to the account, the police reportedly intervened after the man faced a hostile crowd at the location.
Omera wrote:
“ABUJA PEOPLE BEWARE OF THIS CRIMINAL
A thief with guts. This boy who lives in Gwarinpa Abuja acting like a big boy who sometimes hires bouncers and moves around with them went to a POS operator around 1st Avenue and collected N500k mints forming familiarity with the woman and did fake transfer. The woman tried to reach him through phone call because the woman barely knows him around, he blocked the woman. He was later caught and received few touches few days back. Today he went and brought police to the POS spot to arrest the guy he alleged slapped him. The police officers who came with him had to rescue him from mob this evening.”
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