The Plateau State Police Command has denied investigating the alleged hacking and the diversion of N180 million from a Non-Governmental Organisation account owned by social media commentator, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, VDM.
Reacting to the report made by VDM in a video shared on his social media, the spokesperson of the command, DSP Alabo Alfred, said the command has not received any report from the social critic and that the crime was not committed within their 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.
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
VDM in the video he released on Friday, December 26, claimed that hackers stole N180 million from his NGO’s account and that one of the hackers was arrested in Jos, Plateau state.
He stated that he was on his way to Jos with one of the detectives handling the matter.
