Parading the three men yesterday, the Edo State Police Command said that Pastor Igbinigie along with Samson Ogbesosa, 28 and Victor Ngwoka from Imo State engaged in all forms of other criminal acts including stealing phones and robbing people outside ATM machines. Mr Ngwoka, a diploma student at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, was arrested after he attacked a boutique along Akenzua Road in Benin City.
He narrowly escaped death as he was about to be burnt alive by angry mob before the police came to his rescue. Upon interrogation, Victor and Samson, confessed their sins and prayed for forgiveness but Pastor Igbinigie who had earlier confessed to the crime suddenly changed his statement during this interview, denying being involved in cybercrime.
Pastor Igbinigie, who claimed to be a graduate of Abjuratory Technology from the University of Benin, said: “On Thursday last week, I went to the bank because my brother told me he sent me N5,000. So, when I slot my card into the machine, the ATM told me that my card had expired and I went into the bank premises to complain and then they told me that they had the report that my account was used to perpetrate fraud, that I should wait.
"I sat down waiting before I saw the policemen who came to arrest me and took me to Evbotubu Police Station. I was shocked because that account was opened since 2004 when I was teaching in a private school and I feel embarrassed now because I don’t know who did that to me."
Edo State Police Command spokesman Abiodun Osifo Stanley, who paraded the suspects on behalf of the state police commissioner Chris Ezike, explained how they were arrested. He added that the police had been put a red alert on Pastor Igbinigie account because it was opened with the intention to defraud unsuspecting victims and that is his stock in trade and he has done this over a year now.
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