‘I became a fraudster to save my pregnant wife’

A 31-year-old suspect, Mr. Azeez Ajose, has told policemen that he decided to become a fraudster in order to save the life of his pregnant wife and unborn baby. 

Ajose said that if he had had money, to meet his wife’s medical bills, she wouldn’t have died and his baby might have lived. According to him, it was because he couldn’t pay the hospital bills that he had to watch his wife die, along with their unborn baby.
He said: “ I used to be a cobbler. My wife was pregnant and when it was time for delivery, the doctor said it would be through caesarian section(CS), which would cost N80,000. I didn’t have N80,000. I had to start running around to look for ways to raise the money. I ran to my friend Wasiu, who told me that he would teach me how to make money. He told me he would teach me how to become a fraudster (419). He said my financial problems would soon be over.”
Ajose said he was yet to get the money before news of his wife’s death came. The suspect was arrested after members of his syndicate, defrauded a young lady, identified as Barakat Owolabi of N503,000. Owolabi said they were able to convince Owolabi to submit her sister’s Automatic Teller Machine(ATM) card, which they used to withdraw money.https://newtelegraphonline.com/became-fraudster-save-pregnant-wife/