feom Abdulkarim Umar
The zamfara state has succeded the arrested of 3 people who specialised defrouding people in various ATM in diffrents cities such as Kano. Zaria. Funtua and zamfara.
The commissioner of police zamfara state police command CP Kolo Yusuf disclosed that during a press briefing held at command headqurters in Gusau the state capital.
The commissioner who was represnted during the briefing by the public relation officer SP Shehu Muhmmad said On 24th January 2023, Police detectives acted based on complain by one Abubakar Lawali 'M' of Talata Mafara LGA. That on same date, while at the Zenith Bank ATM Gallery Talata branch, suspects conspired and defrauded him the sum of one million Naira (#1, 000,000) by withdrawing same from his account through a POS operator via his ATM Card.
According to the complainant, the suspects succeeded in their action when they offered to help him to make withdrawal when he could not make the transactions due to network problem. they collected his ATM card and decietfully withdrew the money from POS operator.
The suspects oncluding Mohmmad Ibrahim M aged 34 years old. Ibrahim Salisu aged M ages 18years old. and Abdulaziz Mohmmad M 18years old all from Kano state repectively.
Shehu said In the course of interrogation, all the suspects confessed to the crime and further stated how they carried out similar fraud at different banks in Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara States respectively. The sum of One Million Naira (#1, 000,000) cash belonging to the complainant and a suspected Honda Accord Anaconda Vehicle were recovered from them as exhibits. Discreet investigation is in progress with a view to arresting other members of their gang and charge them to court for prosecution.
their father sometime in 2022. The ongoing investigation revealed that the suspect was among the members of the outlawed group known as "Yansakai" who have been taking laws into their hands by intercepting and killing people and sometime rustling their animals on suspicion of being criminals without informing the police or any constituted authority. Effort being intensified to arrest his gang members and charge them to court for prosecution.
