The Kano State Police Command has arrested another notorious fraudster, Gaddafi Jibrin with twenty-two (22) ATM cards of different banks on the 20th of March 2022.
The 33-year-old fraudster of Tudun Maliki Quarters, Zoo Road Kano was arrested in Kano metropolis by the team of Operation Puff Adder led by CSP Mustapha S. Ahmadu while on intelligence-led patrol along IBB way by Bata Kano.
According to a statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, “after his arrest, one Kabiru Ado, ‘m’, complained that the suspect and his two gang members approached him while seeking assistance to operate an ATM, deceitfully collected and changed his ATM Cards, while his accomplices fled with his Stanbic IBTC Bank ATM Card. Their Operational Motor Vehicle, Peugeot 206 model was recovered.
On investigation, he confessed to the crime. He further confessed that, they normally use a 206 Peugeot Motor Vehicle to visit ATM points within Kano Metropolis, and that his syndicate members specialized in swapping ATM Cards by intimidating customers at ATM points, disguising under the pretext of assisting them to operate the machine. They have ATM cards from almost all the banks, making it easy for them to swap the ATMs. He claimed to have withdrawn money from many people’s accounts after swapping their ATM Cards. Discreet investigation revealed that the syndicate specialized in intimidating, deceiving, swapping the ATM cards of victims, and withdrawing money from their bank accounts.”
However, the Commissioner of Police, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, has ordered for discreet investigation, and arrest of escaped accomplices and strongly warns that criminals will have no hiding place in the State.
