The suspect, Hafsat Abubakar
A woman arrested by the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre for allegedly circulating a fake notice announcing the shutdown of OPay’s operations has expressed regret, admitting that she failed to verify the information before reposting it.
The woman, identified as Hafsat Abubakar, said she deleted the post and issued a public apology after OPay drew her attention to the publication on its official social media platforms.
Speaking in a video recorded while she was being paraded by the police on Thursday, Abubakar admitted that she did not verify the information with OPay or the person who originally shared it before reposting it.
Asked if she had confirmed the information with the original poster before sharing it, she said, “No, I didn’t.”
