Law/Judiciary
Police Alerts Rivers Residents On Bank Crime
The Rivers State Po
lice Command has alerted members of the public on the new waves of bank robbery in the State. The police said the new technique was initiated by criminals to gain access to their victims’ bank accounts.
The state police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ahmad Muhammad in a statement informed the general public of the new technique employed by criminals to access their victims bank account.
According to him, the unsuspecting victims usually abducted, then forced to reveal his ATM pin number and kept hostage while same ATM card is used by criminals to withdraw money from his/her account.
“Such victim regains freedom only after his bank account has been exhausted. Public transport commuters mostly fall victims of this new method. “Member of the public are hereby advised to be distrustful of any taxi with two or three young men on board and desist from the habit of moving about with their ATM card on them unless it is most necessary” the statement added.