A lady identified as Mnena Anita Ato said to be the owner of a food spot in Makurdi known as Star Sharwarma, has been arrested by the EFFC over what they described as a N1600 attempted fraud. And this has set social media ablaze with reactions.
Twitter user identified as Collins Uma, shared the news on the micro-blogging platform with photos and videos capturing the arrest. According to the gist shared by another lady on Facebook, Mimi Atedze, a female EFCC officer, Hembafan Toryila had order and paid for shawarma.
She was supposed to make a transfer of N1500 as payment. However, Ato expecting the exact payment of N1500, didn’t pay attention to the N1600 which was in fact transferred by Toryila. It was assumed that the money must have come from another customer.
In Makurdi, @officialEFCC brought armed men and arrested the owner of Star Shawarma over a transaction of N1600(one thousand six hundred Naira).
A staff of EFCC made a purchase and transferred the amount but it wasn’t seen on time. She now used her powers to shut down the eatery pic.twitter.com/GRJKgQzLhM— Callings (@CollinsUma) May 7, 2020
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After several calls to remind her about the payment, Ato checked her bank statement and discovered the payment of N1600 indeed came from Toryila.
Atedze stated that Ato then called the lady to apologize but she wouldn’t have any of it. She was livid and vowed to deal with her.
On Wednesday, May 7, armed officers stormed the popular shawarma spot on orders of the aggrieved lady and arrested Ato alongside other staff of her restaurant.
See videos of the arrest below:
Video of moment men from @officialEFCC stormed Star Shawarma in Makurdi over N1600 (ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NAIRA) pic.twitter.com/FasDWYD8Jx
— Callings (@CollinsUma) May 7, 2020
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Mimi Atedze also claims that many people contacted the zonal head of EFCC to drop the issue but he refused.
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