Juliana
Francis
The
Special Fraud Unit (SFU) has arrested one Gani Bolaji Adeoti Akinmade who impersonated
the Alake of Egbaland on facebook to defraud unsuspecting victims.
According
to the Unit’s spokesperson, Ngozi Isintume, an information was received by the
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, on July, 22, 2013 alleging that
between May 3 and 22, 2013 a fraudster with phone number 08096897566
opened a facebook account with the name of HRM Oba Micheal Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo,
the Alake of Egbaland and attempted to swindle one Olubukola Awofeso, a UK
resident whom he met on facebook, the sum of N300, 000.00.
Isintume
said: “It was further stated that the suspect attempted to lure the victim to
partner in a business of supplying 300 transformers valued at N1,
007,700,600.00. Gani Bolaji Adeoti
Akinmade is 22-year- old, a drop-out of Tai Solarin College of Education,
Ijebu-Ode. He confessed to the crime but
stated that he conspired with one Seyi Lewis and Ifeanyi to perpetrate the
fraud. He said that the Seyi asked him
to use his FCMB account number for the fraud and that it was while he was
trying to withdraw the sum of N13, 050.00 sent by a USA victim through Western
Union No. FCL9992000 that he was arrested.
“HRM
Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, the Alake of Egbaland stated that he has no facebook
account and had not chatted with Bukola or proposed any business with her.
“Investigation
is on-going. The arrested suspect will
be charged to court soonest while effort is on to arrest the fleeing suspects.|”
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