A businessman at Dawanau grain market in the Kano metropolis, who mistakenly transferred N10 million, instead of N10,000 to a Point of Sale (POS) Operator, has got his money back.
The trader on December 21, last year transferred N10 million to 37-year-old Mohammed Sani Abdulrahman, who operates a POS, thinking that he transferred N10,000.
The POS also said he did not know that he was paid the sum of N10 million.
However, upon realising an excess of nine million, nine hundred and ninety thousand naira (N9,990,000:00) in his POS business account, he reported the transaction to the police.
Police spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said it took police detectives three months of investigation to identify the person who made the mobile transfer.
Kiyawa, a Superintendent of Police (SP), disclosed that the police, led by Abdulwahab Zubairu of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), on March 14, 2024, identified the businessman (name withheld) as the rightful owner of the excess money.
The customer was paid on Thursday, through his account, the sum of N9,990,000:00 -his N10 million, short of the N10,000 he had earlier collected.
Kano Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Usaini Gumel, commended the POS operator for his honesty and good conduct.
The businessman, who admitted a mistake, thanked the POS operator and the police for recovering his money.
