Benin: Delta State Police Command have arrested 9 suspected bank account hackers.
The arrest was confirmed Monday by the Delta State Commissioner of Police (CP) Mohammed Ali while addressing newsmen on the development. He said the syndicate specialized in using tricycle to rub unsuspecting passengers of their valuables.
The Commissioner added, “In a bid to get rid of who uses tricycle to rob passengers of their valuables, phones, hack into their (bank) accounts and withdraw their money, I directed the command’s D-Coy squad to investigate and ensure that members of the syndicate are (were) arrested and brought to book.
“In compliance with my directive, the team embarked on an intelligence led investigation, stormed their hideout behind Point Hotel in Iyiagu Estate, in Anambra state, and arrested one Ikechukwu Ayigbe, 26, who is the gang’s bank account hacker.
“Others arrested were Tobi James, 30, who buys the stollen phones and waybill them to Lagos, and 7 other suspects, with over 60 SIM cards recovered from them.”
CP Ali, who disclosed that investigation was ongoing to bring the perpetrators to book, praised residents in the state for their support to the police in fighting crime.
He requested the public to always provide useful and information that would aide the command in combating criminality, adding that the identities of the informants would be treated with utmost confidentiality.
