Lagos State police command parades electoral offenders, others at the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti Yaba.
Nigerian police are urging citizens to activate locks on their Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards to protect against cybercrime, following the arrest of a syndicate engaging in fraudulent activities.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the Public Relations Officer in Lagos, issued the advice through a Twitter post, where he revealed the details of the syndicate’s operations.
According to Hundeyin, members of the group would steal mobile phones, remove the SIM cards, and discard the devices. The criminals would then use the stolen SIM cards to access victims’ bank accounts via USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) for purchasing airtime, as these transactions typically do not require a personal identification number (PIN).