Anastasia Okechukwu Reporting
The Police Operatives in Enugu State, South-East Nigeria, said they have arrested four suspects that specialised in Automated Teller Machine Cards (ATM) swapping.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, made the disclosure in a press release in his Twitter page on Tuesday.
According to him, The suspects which includes three males: Michael Sopuruchi, 36, Osinachi Godwin,18, Moses Ani, 29, and a mother of four, Chika Nwoko, 29, were arrested on 6th of May while escaping to their criminal hideout in Emene, Enugu, after they fraudulently stole the ATM Card and PIN of an unsuspecting 63-year-old male victim while pretending to assist him withdraw money from a commercial Bank ATM along Ogui Road, Enugu.
Ndukwe said, “Police Operatives serving in Hawk Tactical Squad of the Enugu State Command, together with Troops of the Nigerian Air Force Enugu, on 6th of May, at about 4: 30pm, intercepted and arrested in Emene, Enugu, a criminal syndicate of four Automated Teller Machine Cards swapping suspects. They include three males: Michael Sopuruchi, 36, Osinachi Godwin,18, Moses Ani, 29, and a mother of four, Chika Nwoko, 29, from Emenite, Emene, Enugu.”