The police in Ondo State have arrested a 22-year-old man, Bakare Ayobami, for allegedly buying a car with a fake bank alert.
The command’s spokesman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said that on October 26, 2023, a case of cybercrime was reported to involving one Bakare Ayobami of Ode Irele in Irele LGA.
He explained that Ayobami on October 20, 2023, went to a car stand belonging to Mr Filani Oluwaseun and Mr Ogbaguwa Oluwasola on Ikare Road, Owo, to buy a Toyota Corolla at the sum of N4,650,000.00 but used a fake bank alert.
He said through intelligence gathering, operatives arrested Ayobami Bakare and his accomplice, Abdullahi Abubakar, aged 26, in Ekiti.
He further said, “The stolen vehicle was recovered in Osogbo, Osun State, while another Toyota Camry 2014 model valued at N6.2m suspected to have been stolen was also recovered from the suspect.
“Other items recovered include one iPhone 12 PRO Max valued at N600,000.00k and one iPhone 14 PRO, all purchased with fake transfers.” (NAN)
