“My Manager Defrauds Me #150,000”- Mobile Money Agent Cries Out; Asks for Help to Get Back Her Money

Mr. Ariyo

A Lagos resident, Mrs. Ibukun has called on the security agencies especially the Independent Corrupt Pracrices Commission ICPC and Economics and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, to come to her rescue from her Manager, Mr. Ariyo, who she alleged of defrauding her about #150,000 through transactions she made as an agent of a popular mobile money service provider in the state.

Mrs. Ibukun, in her statement, says, “I met a guy called  Julius who introduced me to the POS business.  I was to pay 30k to get the POS which I did. I started d business with them. I never knew it's going to be a third party business”.

 She adds that, “ You know in bank if you use POS they will credit your account balance back,  but this one If I do any transaction they will get d alert and b credited by the bank, they will now credit me later after 2 days”.

“When I got to know this, they told me it was their system that was faulty that was why the payment was late.

“Mr. Ariyo, the manager of the POS Machine has been owning me 150k since September, 2019, He paid little remaining 100k.I  threatened him, did everything to make him pay me but all to no avail”.

Mrs. Ibukun made it known that she was defrauded by Mr. Ariyo, together with her sister through the POS terminal given to them to work with as agents of the mobile money service provider.

“So, last month, November, I arrested him with police, and promised to pay back the balance 2 weeks ago. And he said I will return s POS and he will return my money. I returned the POS. He called me and told me he won't pay me my money again.

“He's owning me 68k now. I keep calling the police, they've not been answering me. And I seriously  need the money to take care of my dad leg”. She concluded.

Mr. Ariyo, of shop No. 37 of a complex in front of the MEF filling station, Agege in Lagos state, in his response to the allegations,  said, “She is our Sub Merchant and we had settled her pending transactions.We had 2 POS terminals with her in valued of N120,000:00 and she had since returned to us our 2 POS after payment of her pending transactions of N80,000:00, and part payment of N17,000:00 of her registration fee of N30,000:00 which we promised her to refund. Her Balance as Intended is N13,000:00.

“But we discovered that one of the POS chargers had been damaged from her which she acknowledged valued at About N10,000:00 and we informed her on deducting N5,000:00 from her balance to this Regard”. He added.

“Her Balance is N13,000-5,000:00 only if we decided Not Charge her any Service Fee for the Period she used our POS Terminal. If we decide on POS Service Fee, her Balance shall be far Less of the Acclaimed Remaining Balance”. Mr. Ariyo concluded.

Mrs. Ibukun alleged that Mr. Ariyo is a 419 using Nairami mobile money service provider terminals to defraud people, urging people to do away with him in other not to fall a victim.