The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, today, Sunday, July 7, 2024, gave reason why a man was arrested by men of the Gbagada Division of the command, saying he spent part of the money wrongly sent to his bank account.
Hundeyin disclosed this on his X handle on Sunday while responding to the comment posted by a man on Friday who wanted to know why the arrest was carried out.
The Police PRO said in his response that the man, Mr Aderohunmu Abayomi, spent N700,000 out of the N1.4 million wrongly sent to his account by another person.
Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos Police PRO.
The man, whose X handle is @Da_Megadon, wrote about the matter on Friday night and below is the screenshot of his post:
Responding to the post however, Hundeyin said on Sunday that contrary to the man's post, Mr Abayomi actually got a credit alert of N1.4 million wrongly paid into his account and went ahead to spend N700,000 out of it.
Hundeyin wrote today: "The sum of N1,400,000 was erroneously paid into Mr Abayomi’s Moniepoint account. The sender contacted him immediately and he replied that he had used N700,000 out of the money. The sender then asked him to send what is left and talk about the balance later. Mr Abayomi refused.
"The sender kept calling Mr Abayomi for over three months. Mr Abayomi point blank refused to refund and refused any meetup. He deliberately remained evasive and elusive for three months.
"You claim ‘he informed his superiors of the inflow and was waiting for the right thing to be done.’ Does that take three months?"
According to Hundeyin, when he was eventually arrested, he told the police in custody that he thought the money was ransom payment and yet, he did not make any report at any police station for three months.
Hundeyin added that after some time in custody, he was able to pay up the N700,000 and was immediately released on bail at the station.
Below is the screenshot of the post by Hundeyin on the issue: