Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have apprehended one Promise Dogoh, a 23-year-old native of Kamnor community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, who allegedly specialized in swapping ATM Cards, belonging to individuals at several ATM points in Rivers State and subsequently stealing money from their accounts.
The Police in a statement by DSP Grace Iringe Koko,acting spokesperson of the command disclosed that luck ran out on the suspect when on 22/04/22 at ATM gallery in Artillery, he successfully swapped the ATM card of a victim and withdrew the sum of N 640,000, leaving the victim with nothing in his account.DSP Koko said the frustrated victim reported the matter to operatives of the State Command who promptly swung into action and arrested the culprit.
The command Imagemaker stated that the suspect is currently helping the Police in the investigation and shall appear in court soon.Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police, CP Eboka Friday, in the statement admonished the good people of Rivers State to be wary of strangers at ATM galleries and desist from seeking assistance from them. The statement added that CP Eboka advised people to rather approach staffers of the banks who can easily be identified should anything go wrong.
