MISSING N180M: Police denies involvement in investigation after VDM’s hacking claim

The Plateau State Police Command has debunked claims that it has launched an investigation into the purported hacking of Very Dark Man’s NGO account and the alleged theft of N180 million.

This was made known in a statement issued on Saturday by the Spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alabo Alfred, who noted that the matter has not been reported.

According to DSP Alabo, the Plateau State Police Command is not handling the matter because the crime was committed in Abuja, “was not committed within our jurisdiction”.

“The matter is not reported to us. We are not the ones handling the matter because the crime was not committed within our jurisdiction. If he said he is coming to Jos, that does not mean that we are the ones handling the case.

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‘The crime happened in Abuja. So, he is not coming to Jos to report an incident that did not happen within our jurisdiction. If he reported the case at the Force CID level, it is the Force PRO who can speak about it.

‘‘If he reported the case at the FCT Command level, it would be a different thing. Of course, the Force PPRO can talk about it as well. If he can get police officers from where he reported the case, they can all come together to Jos and do their investigation.

After that, they can report back to where they came from and continue from there. But we can’t talk on a matter that did not happen within our jurisdiction.” Alabo said

In a similar vein, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command claims that it is not looking into the case and is not aware of any claimed N180 million disappearance from the NGO account managed by VDM.

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