A Nigerian man identified as Atanda has sparked intense online debate after sharing how his elderly father was allegedly defrauded by a POS operator he trusted.
According to Atanda, his father—due to old age and poor eyesight—rarely visited the bank. Instead, he relied on a particular POS operator who regularly brought her machine to his home for ATM withdrawals.
Trouble began when Atanda visited his father and casually checked his phone. While going through banking alerts, he noticed a debit alert of ₦300,000. When asked about it, his father insisted he had only withdrawn ₦30,000.
The POS operator was immediately contacted. She admitted to withdrawing ₦300,000 but claimed it was a “system error.” She refunded ₦270,000, keeping the ₦30,000 that was originally requested.
Suspicious, Atanda reviewed more transaction alerts and discovered a disturbing pattern. The POS operator had allegedly been withdrawing extra funds from his father’s account over a long period.
After calculating the transactions, the total amount allegedly stolen was estimated at ₦700,000. When confronted with evidence, the POS operator reportedly could not deny the allegations and began pleading.
She later returned with her parents and some elders to beg the elderly man for forgiveness. Out of compassion, the old man asked his son to let the matter go.
However, Atanda refused.
He ended his post by asking whether he could pursue legal action on behalf of his father—even if his father was unwilling to proceed—saying he could not forgive what he described as calculated exploitation of a vulnerable old man.
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Published by Ejoh Caleb
