A Nigerian POS agent has regained her freedom after reportedly spending two years in prison for unknowingly rendering service to suspected kidnappers who used her machine to withdraw ransom money.
The story was shared on TikTok by user @liousvee_ml, who detailed how the woman was randomly approached by kidnappers who used her POS terminal to withdraw between ₦500,000 and ₦600,000 money that was allegedly collected from their victims as ransom.
Despite having no knowledge of the crime, the woman was arrested and detained, and remained in prison for two years even after the actual kidnappers were caught and jailed.
A video accompanying ... shows the woman walking out of prison, visibly emotional, and muttering, “I suffer o,” in deep relief.
The video description read: “This lady is an officer of the Boys Brigade and a POS operator who got implicated by a kidnapper for what she knows nothing about.”
‘Her machine was used to withdraw random ₦500k to ₦600k, and she has been in prison for 2 years now.”
It continued: “The funniest part is, the kidnapper was caught and put in prison as well, yet they refused to release her until now. GOD DID. What am I saying please, government, let’s help the masses.”
“Just because most people are not financially stable doesn’t mean they should suffer unjustly. If she were someone with influence, she wouldn’t have spent more than a week in custody.”
The video has since gone viral, with concerned Nigerians flooding the comment section to express outrage and demand justice for the wrongful imprisonment.
See some reactions below:
Prince Oki: “congratulations Esther may your freedom remain permanent .”
Aishaliyu405: “and the real criminal are out there,,, God were are you .”
favoritemarket_woman: “Congratulations… May Nigeria not happen to us o. We will not be dragged into what we do not know one or two o. We no go see police or court case wey go take us go prison o in Jesus name AMEN .”
Famous LONER : “This can only happens when you didn’t registered your business, if the money was transferred to business account she wouldn’t have been arrested coz it’s a business account.”
Graceful baby: “congratulations but the story is not clear to me, did she put to birth in the prison? or what sorry to ask.”
HabibatIdris381: “omoh things dey happened… may we never fall victim of what we no nothing about..”
I’m blessing lady boss: “God abeg ooo cover me and my business from om evil.”
Shavi_Da’Pees: “Congratulations, may God restore all that you have lost this 2years in double fold in Jesus name Amen.”
Mama K: “It is well with you! God of restoration will restore everything you have lost for the past two years in Jesus name. I feel you!.”
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