Delta Police Arrest Bank Account Hackers, Mum On Their Method

The Police in Delta have arrested nine suspected bank account hackers but kept mum on the modus operandi of the criminal gang which was operating from an Anambra based hotel.

The Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ali, who confirmed the arrest on Monday, said the syndicate specialised in using tricycles to rob passengers of their valuables in the state.

Speaking while addressing newsmen, he said:

“In a bid to get rid of the syndicate who uses tricycles to rob passengers of their valuables, phones, hack into their accounts and withdraw their money.

“I directed the command’s D-Coy squad to investigate and ensure that members of the syndicate are 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 stolen phones and waybills them to Lagos, and seven other suspects, with over 60 SIM cards recovered.”

The Delta police boss while noting that investigation was ongoing to bring the bank account hackers to book, also commanded residents in the state for their support to the police.

Mr Ali urged the public to provide useful and timely information that would aid the command in crime fighting, adding that their identities would be treated with utmost confidentiality.

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