A’Ibom police arrest two fraudsters over fake bank alert

Akpan Umoh

The Nigeria Police Force, Akwa Ibom State Command has arrested two fraudsters, Mr Moses Asuquo and Mr Emeka Akuma over fake bank alert.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Odiko MacDon said this in press statement issued in Uyo on Wednesday.

According to MacDon, a Point of Sales (POS) operator, Mr Moses Asuquo, was arrested for using fake alert to defraud two persons of N200,000.

He added that the command also arrested one Mr Emeka Akuma, who bought a Lexus 330 salon car in Lagos with fake bank alert.

The police image maker noted that based on intelligence, the po!ice trailed the car to Uyo via Abia and arrested Akuma along IBB Way in Uyo.

“The Akwa Ibom State Police Command, on January 18, 2021, got credible information, that a Lexus 330 salon car was bought with fake bank alert at Festac Town, Lagos State.

“The police trailed the said car to Uyo via Abia State and in a coordinated operation, utilizing the instrument of intelligence-driven policing by the Anti- Cultism Unit of the Command, arrested one Emeka John Akuma, (male) of Abia State, along IBB Road by Ibom Hall, driving the car with a fake number plate; Lagos AKD 230 GQ and recovered the said vehicle.

“In another development, on January 17, 2021, operatives of the same unit apprehended a POS Operator, one Moses James Asuquo (male), aged 26 years for fraudulently using fake alert to defraud one Markson Mark Wisdom and Edidiong Samuel Robert of N200,000.00 at his POS stand, situated at Udo Udoma Avenue, Uyo,” he said.

MacDon said the Commissioner of Police, CP Andrew Amiengheme, has urged members of the public to be vigilant to the prevalence of these crimes.

He appealed to members of the public to take additional steps in securing their cars by inserting security devices and be more vigilant after parking their cars as the Command was inundated of stolen cars.