The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a credit officer of a microfinance bank, Esther Hamidu, after allegedly fleeing with customers’ contributions totalling N1.97m.
Hamidu went missing with the bank’s customers’ daily contributions from March to December 2023.
According to reports, a branch manager of the bank in Abeokuta, the state capital, who discovered that the contribution had not been remitted, reported the matter to the police.
Despite police efforts to apprehend her, Hamidu was claimed to have vanished into thin air after many failed attempts to get her to remit the donation.
However, a source in the state police command who did not want to be mentioned in print said the suspect had been apprehended.
While confirming her arrest 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 said on Sunday.