“He came here on Saturday to repeat the same thing. Immediately I saw him, I recognised him. I went further to question him and I was glad he did not deny the fact he duped me of N100,000.

“He said he gave the money to his boss at the plaza, which means he is working for someone.

“Individuals who came to beat him up when he was caught found more than N50,000 in his pocket. I pleaded with them to give me back my money but I was given only N15,000.”

An eyewitness, Bamigbade Suleiman, said, he was present at the scene when the suspect was caught but he was lucky to escape.

“The fraudster made fake alerts twice and I was privileged to beat him up although he was lucky to escape,” he said.