Males of the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State, have arrested a 36-year-old man, Ayodeji Ademiluyi, for allegedly parading himself as a medical physician and defrauding Level-of-Sale operators within the state capital.

The state Commandant of the company, Mr John Fayemi, mentioned the suspect defrauded the operators by sending faux alerts after gathering money from them.

He mentioned the suspect used an software on his telephone, which additionally triggered a name from his faux hospital {that a} affected person wanted his consideration.

“The PoS operator will then take into account his standing as a health care provider and permit him to go. Later, the PoS operator will uncover that she or he has been duped,” Fayemi added.

The state NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Tolulope Afolabi, in a press release, mentioned the commandant spoke in Ado Ekiti whereas parading Ademiluyi and one other suspected fraudster, Harmless Ekpako, 26, who was arrested in Cross River State for allegedly defrauding his boss.

The commandant, who mentioned Ademiluyi had been perpetrating the act throughout the Ado Ekiti metropolis, mentioned, “The suspect had defrauded over 25 PoS operators earlier than males of the Counter-Terrorism Unit launched a manhunt for him with their dragnet, which paid off when he was arrested yesterday (Monday). Preliminary investigation exhibits that he’s not a health care provider however an okada rider.”

Fayemi mentioned Ekpako, who was arrested in Ikom, Cross River State, ran away with an enormous sum of cash belonging to his grasp in Ado Ekiti.

He mentioned, “The suspect is a former worker of a retailer in Ado Ekiti the place he labored as a gross sales consultant earlier than he was despatched on an errand with some cash which he didn’t return. He disappeared into skinny air till he was tracked, traced and arrested in Cross River State. The 2 suspects have confessed to the crime.”

The commandant cautioned PoS operators and store homeowners within the state to watch out of their employees and prospects because the state command had been inundated with complaints bordering on PoS fraud and stealing.