Police Investigate Lady Who Swapped Blind Woman’s Card at ATM Point in Anambra

David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka

The Anambra State Police Command  yesterday  commenced investigation into a viral video of the swapping of debit card belonging to a blind woman by a lady who opted to help her at an ATM point.

Video of the swapping of the blind lady’s debit card which was apparently captured by a closed circuit cameras at the bank has been trending for days.

In the video, a young lady was captured trying to help a blind woman to withdraw money from an ATM point, and later swapped her card with another, and subsequently withdrew N2million from her account.

The state Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement said investigation into the matter has commenced, with a view to identifying, arresting and bringing the lady to book.

He said: “We have intercepted a trending video of an unidentified lady in an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of a Commercial bank in Nnewi, who allegedly swapped an ATM Card belonging to a 58 years old handicapped woman, and withdrew the sum of Two Million Naira (N2,000,000) in parts. 

“The Command, having commenced  investigations into the incident, calls on anyone with useful information, especially residents of Nnewi and environs to help in identifying the suspect for possible arrest and prosecution.”

He said the state Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam, is concerned about the incident and has directs the Public Relations Officer of the Command to contact the victim for necessary information that will aid the investigation.

He further directed that all intelligence gathering tools of the Command should be deployed to identify the suspect and bring her criminal gang to book.