Police arrest six bank hackers over N5million theft
The hackers specialise in making illegal bank withdrawal through phones stolen from victims of robbery
Operatives from the
Anti-kidnapping and Cybercrime Unit of the police in Edo State have arrested six suspected bank hackers who stole N5 million from a victim’s account.
The suspects, identified as David Ogunowo, Abiodun Adesina, Yusuf Ademola, Balogun Hakeem, Adetono Lukeman, and Adesola Kayode, were arrested on Friday.
They were said to have withdrawn the money through a Point of Sale (POS) operator in Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State after the victim’s phone was stolen during a robbery operation in October in Benin City.
Edo to relocate Appeal, Federal high court from Ikpoba hills to GRA
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By Gabriel Enogholase, Benin
Edo State government has set in motion plans to relocate both the Federal Court and the Benin Division of the Court of Appeal from their present locations from Ikpoba Hills to Aiguobasimwin Street in the Government Reservation Area (GRA).
Vanguard checks indicated that the plan to relocate both Courts was as a result of the perennial flooding of their premises.
This, it was discovered has affected the dispensation of justice as members of the bench, bar and litigants had to wade through the flood to access the courts.