Kwara state policemen have arrested a POS operator identified as Alfa Rafiu for allegedly lavishing #280 million mistakenly sent to his account.
Newsmen gathered that the suspect is a resident of the Akuji compound, the Abayawo area in the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state.
According to sources in the area familiar with the issue, Rafiu went on a spending spree after he received the alerts in batches some weeks back.
“Rafiu bought houses, cars and sponsored people to lesser Hajj. Although he was generous to several people in the community, some residents were surprised about his sudden wealth as a POS operator,” one of the sources said.
It was further gathered that the bank auditors later discovered the error and sent law enforcement agents after Rafiu who was arrested and moved to Lagos.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Kwara state command, Ajayi Okasanmi (SP), confirmed the incident.
According to him, “His arrest was effected by the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) from Alagbon-Close, Ikoyi, Lagos which makes it out of our jurisdiction”.
