The arrest followed a complaint filed on April 1, 2024, regarding suspicious withdrawals totaling N2,068,000 from the complainant’s company bank account. Under the directive of Commissioner of Police Auwal Musa Mohammed, the State Intelligence Department launched an investigation.

Through meticulous efforts, police personnel discovered that Glory Samuel had unlawfully withdrawn N120 million from his friend's bank account over time. According to SP Ahmed Wakili, the Command's Public Relations Officer, Samuel admitted during interrogation to betraying the trust of his neighbor and friend, with whom he had shared a market space for over fifteen years.

Samuel revealed that a friend he met at Federal Polytechnic Bauchi in 2011, before dropping out of a Computer Science course, convinced him that they could profit by accessing a wealthy individual’s mobile phone. Exploiting his friend's trust, Samuel borrowed his phone, allowing his accomplice to install financial applications like Opay and MoneyPoint, enabling them to transfer funds to various bank accounts on multiple occasions.

The police investigation led to the recovery of several items from the suspect, including eight tricycles (Keke NAPEP), N35,000,000 in cash, two uncompleted buildings, sixty bags of cooking charcoal, thirty bags of fertilizer, two motorcycles, and two industrial sewing machines.