A suspected Automated Teller Machine Fraudster and ex-convict, 22-Year-old Aliyu Abdullahi, has been re-arrested by the Police in Katsina, for defrauding a woman retiree of her life-savings, including her gratuity, to the tune of about One Million, eight hundred thousand Naira.
Police spokesman, Superintendent Gambo Isah, while parading the suspect before newsmen, raised questions about the effectiveness of the justice delivery system in the country.
The 22-year-old suspect, who is said to specialise in defrauding unsuspecting members of the public, through the Automated Teller Machine Card Swap, was arrested in May 2021, for a similar crime, paraded and charged to court.
But 8 months later, he is out, committing the same crime.
Isah further said that his command is worried about the development surrounding the circumstances of his release from prison custody, adding that the Police have launched investigations into it.
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Abdullahi confessed to having used the same mode of operation, to defraud another victim of about One hundred and Fifty-Three Thousand Naira.
He added that he is currently on bail by his lawyer from a Chief Magistrate Court, where he is standing trial for a similar crime.
Abdullahi further said, he had earlier spent one month in prison custody, arising from a judgment delivered in another case of fraud.
He also confessed to have bought a car and one motorcycle from proceeds of the recent fraud.
The sum of One hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira cash was recovered from him.
Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie
