Manhunt: Police in Search of Lebanese BDC Operator Who Absconded With N170m Belonging to 3 Lagos Customers
The Lagos state
Bar Beach Police division is currently on a manhunt for a Lebanese bureau de
change operator simply identified as Aly Sayad, who has been accused of
absconding with about N170 million in Victoria Island.
According to PUNCH, three
businessmen had approached the suspect in his office on Idowu Taylor Street,
Victoria Island, on Tuesday, to help them change dollars to naira.
Sayad
then allegedly left the men in his office after collecting the money,
saying he was going to the bank to transfer the naira equivalent to their
various bank accounts.
However, after several hours passed, the
victims were said to have gone to the bank where Sayad claimed he was
going to do the transaction but he was nowhere to be found.
He was alleged
to have fled with the money.
The three victim
reported the incident to the police after searching for Sayad for 7
hours. The Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, confirmed the
incident, adding that nobody knew the address of the suspect.
“We are on currently on his trail. The unfortunate thing is that nobody knows his address. We have transferred the matter to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Yaba, for further investigation. We will surely get him” Badmos stated.
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