The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a credit officer of a microfinance bank, Esther Hamidu, after allegedly fleeing with customers’ contributions that total N1.97m.
It was gathered by the media that Hamidu absconded with the daily contribution of the bank’s customers which runs between March and December 2023.
Our journalist discovered that a branch director of the bank in Abeokuta, the state capital, who found that the contributions had not been remitted, reported the difference to the police.
After a few bombed endeavors to make the suspect dispatch the contributions, Hamidu was said to have vanished immediately and inexplicably regardless of police endeavors to capture her.
However, a source in the state police command who did not want to be mentioned in any name said the suspect had been apprehended.
While confirming her arrest to the media personnel on Saturday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, said the suspect was arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Friday.
“Yes, she has been arrested. She has been transferred from Ibadan, where she was arrested, to Ogun State. She has confessed to the crime. She could not explain what she did with the money,” Odutola told the Media on Sunday.
