Man approaches POS attendant with fake naira notes, rescued by police from angry mob

A 45-year-old man, Michael Ozor, has been rescued from the mob and arrested by the operatives of the Eagle-Net Special Squad.

Ozor was reported to have approached a POS attendant, with fake naira notes with the aim of defrauding the POS Operator.

The security agents rescued him from the hands of an angry mob in Delta state.

The operatives of the police were on their usual patrol along Asaba/Onitsha Bridge when they encountered the incident, where a mob attacked a man at Oko New International Market in Asaba.

The Police team occupied the scene and saved the suspected fraudster identified to be an indigene of Abakiliki in Ebonyi State.

The spokesperson of the police in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, while confirming the incident via a signed statement said, “The suspect was arrested and fake naira notes to the tune of eighty thousand was recovered from him.”

He added that, “investigation is ongoing.”