A 37-year-old Nigerian Point of Sale (PoS) operator, Mohammed Sani Abdulrahman, of Kurnar Asabe Quarters in Kano metropolis, has been rewarded with a cash gift of N500,000.00 after returning N10 million wrongly transferred to his account.
This development was contained in a statement signed and issued by the Command Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
According to the police, the incident was reported to the police in December, 2023 while it took operatives of the Kano State Police Command three months to conclude the investigation and eventually resolve the matter on Wednesday.
The statement said, “It was since on 21/12/2023, that a Point of Sale (POS) Operator known as Mohammed Sani Abdulrahman, 37 years, ‘m’, of Kurnar Asabe Quarters Kano, reported himself at the Bompai Police Headquarters Kano where he stated that someone among his customers has overpaid into his POS business, the sum of Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira (N9,990,000:00) while he wanted to make an online transfer of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000:00) only and mistakenly transferred the sum of ten million Naira (N10,000,000:00).
“On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, FIPMA, psc, directed a team of detectives led by SP Abdulwahab Zubairu from the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to carry out discreet investigation with a view to identify the owner and return his money.
“On the 13th of March, 2024, the investigation was concluded by uncovering the identity of the rightful owner, who is a businessman at Dawanau Grain Market in Kano Metropolis.
“After a painstaking investigation and being satisfied with proofs of ownership, the money, the excess sum of Nine Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira (N9,990,000) was returned to the owner’s same account. The owner admired the gesture of which out of joy and with pleasure gave the PoS operator cash gift of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500,000:00). The owner also thanked the CP for his honesty, integrity, and showing good example.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, FIPMA, psc who is famously nick-named by the good people of the State as “A Fada a Cika” commended the PoS operator for his honesty and good conduct and also encourages others to emulate.”
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