Police nab two Lagos women over false publication purporting bank shutting down

The Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon, Lagos, has apprehended 2 women implicit an alleged mendacious publication.

The work claimed that Access Bank Plc would unopen down operations and advised customers to adjacent their accounts and retreat their funds.

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), FCID, Mr Simeon Akpanudom, disclosed this portion briefing journalists astatine the FCID premises on Friday.

Akpanudom said the suspects were apprehended connected charges bordering connected conspiracy, mendacious publication, fabrication and integer dissemination of malicious falsehood, economical sabotage, and behaviour apt to origin a breach of nationalist peace.

The constabulary brag said they were apprehended successful Uyo, Akwa Ibom, pursuing a petition by Access Bank done its solicitors.

He said the petition, dated July 30 acrophobic a work dated July 28, which was posted connected Facebook by 1 of the suspects and purportedly presented arsenic a connection from Access Bank.

According to him, the work claims that the slope volition unopen down operations effec...