Fake Air force sergeant arrested over alleged POS fraud in Ibadan

Oyo State Police Command has arrested a suspected impostor accused of posing arsenic a Nigerian Air Force serviceman to allegedly defraud a Point of Sale, POS, relation successful Ibadan.

A station shared connected X by information analyst, Zagazola Makama said the suspect, identified arsenic Yusuf Abdullahi, was reportedly apprehended astatine Iwo Road country of Ibadan portion allegedly dressed successful subject camouflage and pretending to beryllium a serving sergeant successful the Nigerian Air Force, NAF.

Sources told Makama that the apprehension followed a ailment filed astatine the Iyaganku Police Division by a POS operator, Mrs Ayedun Abisola Adedoyin, who resides successful the Oke-Padre country of Ibadan.

According to the complaint, the incidental occurred connected June 1 aft the fishy allegedly visited Ogunpa Market wherever helium bought immoderate items, including a cooking state regulator and aerial freshener, from a trader wrong the market.

“The fishy allegedly introduced himself arsenic a sergeant successful the Nigerian Air Force and convinced the complainant to manus implicit N150,000 successful currency connected the pretext that helium would transportation the wealth electronically alongside outgo for the items helium had purchased.

“After collecting the currency and the items, helium allegedly disappeared without making the promised transfer,” the root said.

Police sources said the fishy was l...