How Fake Medical Doctor Defrauds POS Operators In Ekiti

By Ayodele Oni

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,(NSDC) in Ekiti State is in custody of a 36-year-old man for, allegedly, parading himself as a Medical Doctor and defrauding Point of Sale Operators, (POS) in Ado-Ekiti, the State capital.

The State Commandant of the Agency, John Fayemi, who disclosed this, said the suspect, Ayodeji Ademiluyi, defrauded the operators by sending fake alerts after collecting cash from them.

According to him, the suspect used an application on his phone, which also triggered a call from his fake hospital that a patient needed his attention.

“The PoS operator will then consider his status as a doctor and allow him to go. Later, the PoS operator will discover that he or she has been duped.”

The Commandant paraded Ademiluyi and another suspected fraudster, Innocent Ekpako, 26, who was tracked down in Cross River State for allegedly defrauding his boss in Ekiti.

“The fake doctor had defrauded over 25 PoS operators before men of the Counter-Terrorism Unit launched a manhunt for him with their dragnet, which paid off when he was arrested early this week. Preliminary investigation shows that he is not a doctor but an okada rider.”

Fayemi said Ekpako, who was arrested in Ikom, Cross River State, ran away with a huge sum of money belonging to his master in Ado Ekiti.

“The suspect is a former employee of a store in Ado Ekiti where he worked as a sales representative before he was sent on an errand with some money and he did not return.

“He disappeared into thin air until he was tracked, traced and arrested in Cross River State. The two suspects have confessed to the crime.”

Fayemi cautioned PoS operators and shop owners in the state to be careful of their workers and customers as the state command has been inundated with complaints bordering on PoS fraud and stealing.