Friday July 10, 2026
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The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested 21 suspects in connection with separate cybercrime investigations, including an alleged fraud involving the manipulation of MTN Nigeria’s billing system.

Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Okonko Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, outlining recent operations by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC).

According to the statement, investigations into the MTN case began after the telecommunications company reported the alleged unauthorised use of staff login credentials to manipulate its billing and payment systems.

Police said the suspects allegedly credited airtime to selected mobile numbers and converted it into data bundles distributed to more than 2,000 prepaid lines. The alleged fraud is estimated to have caused losses of about ₦7.7 billion, while MTN reportedly recovered 2,931.79 terabytes of data valued at about ₦3.8 billion.