A Nigerian man has taken to social media to cry out for help after his brother was arrested by men of the Nigerian Police force in Oyo State today June 7.
According to Tobechukwu, his brother received an unexpected deposit of N400, 000 in his account on the 19th of May. He then visited his bank, @FirstBankngr and was told that the money appeared legit and that it would be reversed once the person who sent it made the request.
He said his brother moved on since it was an account he did not use.
His brother later received a letter from the Force Criminal Investigation Department FCID Alagbon asking him to come for questioning.
Tobechukwu further disclosed that his brother went to the station with his lawyer and they were told that the police was investigating a case of N10 million withdrawn from the account of a kidnapped man.
He said the police told his brother that the N400, 000 deposited into his account was part of the money stolen from the abducted man’s account.
Read his tweets below…
“THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!
My brother just got picked up by a team of @PoliceNG from his office some minutes ago.
Apparently, he received a strange alert on his phone of N400,000 two days ago. He reported to his bank to know what happened & it should be returned, but no reasonable response was given.
The following day he got a letter to be at FCID Alagbon, which he went with his lawyer this morning.
They were told it is an ongoing investigation of a 10 million naira stolen from the account of a kidnapped man by kidnappers.
The 10m was distributed to several other accounts; & unfortunately he is one of those picked up this afternoon by men of the @PoliceNG from Ibadan, Oyo State.
Another person is being picked from Agege too before heading to Ibadan.
I have got so many questions…Where did the kidnappers get the account
From what I’ve gathered thus far, another market woman in Agege was picked up.
Apparently, 2.5m was sent to several people, while the kidnappers transferred 7.5m into their own personal account.
“Correction:
The money got into his account on 19th May; upon visiting the bank, @FirstBankngr
assured him the money was legit & the sender would reach out, or the transaction reversed.
Since it was an account he doesn’t use, he moved on hoping it would happen as the bank had said.
The N400,000 remained untouched however till date.
Also they are yet to arrive Ibadan as we speak.”
