Two males who were experts at stealing and swapping ATM cards have been detained, according to police in Kaduna.
A statement issued by the Kaduna State police spokesman DSP Mohammed Jalige said; “On the 12th June, 2023 at about 1340hrs, a woman reported that on the 10th June, 2023 at about 0715hrs, she went to Jaiz Bank located at Ali Akilu Road Kaduna to make a financial transaction using her Automated Teller Machine (ATM).
“In the course of the said transaction an unknown person dishonestly collected her debit card linked to her Jaiz Bank account with a view to assisting her, and instead intentionally swapped the debit card and escaped.
“A few minutes later, she received two debit alerts with a total sum of N404, 000 from her bank.”
Jalige said during investigation, operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau arrested Paul Agu Daniel and Mike Ogah both of various addresses in Kaduna State and they confessed to the crime.
He said further investigations also unraveled that the two suspects had defrauded one of their victims to the sum of N948,000 using his Fidelity Bank ATM card.
They are currently assisting the police in investigation with a view to arresting their other accomplices.