The Nigerian Police Force(NPF), Ogudu Division, arrested two fraudsters in their attempt to defraud a 64-year-old woman.
Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a tweet on Saturday.
The men were said to have escorted the old woman to the bank, on Friday, and the cashier suspected that something was wrong, proceeding to alert the police.
“Yesterday at about 1550hrs, a bank cashier noticed that a 64-year-old customer was fidgety, receiving repeated calls and was in a hurry to withdraw N600,000. The cahsier asked what the problem was and the woman said she would die if she talked,” Hundeyin tweeted.
“Police officers from the Ogudu Division were quickly contacted. Of the three fraudsters waiting outside, Uche Awaize ‘m’ aged 45 and Osadebe Aigbe ‘m’ aged 35 were arrested. The third suspect bolted,” the PPRO added.
Investigation revealed that the suspects had first collected N90,000 from the woman before proceeding to follow her to the bank to collect more.
Hundeyin revealed that efforts are being put in place to arrest the other gang member.
He also shared a photo of them urging previous victims to identify and testify against them.