Miss Cynthia Audu 30, on February 27, became another
victim of the social media madness and lies.
According to Audu, a viral message, shared on social
medial showed that the purported user of a WhatsApp got an invitation for
interview, after applying for job on a vacancy site.
The user said that when she got to the venue, where
the job interview was to be held, she discovered the building and job, were
ruse used by ritual killers to get victims.
The viral message read: “I applied for a job via
Jiji on Monday, on Wednesday I was called for interview in Maryland. When I got
to the lonely building in Mende, I saw two men, the look on their faces was not
funny.”
According to the message, the applicant was asked to
switch off her phone by two men and allegedly harassed to enter the building.
She said she was saved by another guy who saw her wearing a Winners Church
wristband and came to help her. He advised her to leave because of the suspicious
nature of the arrangement.
Audu, who was caught up in the storm that followed
the broadcast of the applicant, is the team leader of Zenrise Marketers located
at 1, Olabisi Close, Mende, Maryland, Lagos.
Audu has refuted the story, stressing that she only
engages in training, personal development, supply of services and recruitment
into product marketing.
Audu, in company with her lawyer, Barrister Adeola
Samuel Ilori, said her group, which is
an affiliate of multi-level marketing firm, GNLD, does not engage in any shady
business.
According to Audu, the message was the handiwork of
her detractors, who were bent on running her out of business.
She explained that Zenrise Integrated Services is into
distribution of neo-life products, human capacity training and personal life
development.
She said: “I got to the office on that day and was
shown a viral message by my colleagues about our building and our office. In
the message, somebody said she was saved from kidnapping and all that. Just as
I got to office, policemen from Anthony Police Station came and demanded to
speak with me. They had a chat with me; I explained the nature of our work to
them. They went round the building and inspected the whole place. They found
nothing incriminating. I went with them to the police station; I wrote my
statement and went back to office. They also took statements from some of my
distributors.
“Two days later,
policemen from Zone 2, Onikan, came to
the building. They arrested about five to eight persons and took them to Zone
2. I wasn’t around when they came. They called me and I went there. When I got
there, they released the guys who are my trainees and distributors. I was
detained for two days on the ground that the AIG wanted to have a chat with
me.”
Speaking further, Audu said: “We used to gather
people for training. We are not the only one using that building; there is a
church and a pharmaceutical company. There is a photo studio and a bar. I moved
into the office last year. The experience for me looks as if it was a dream.
I’m a responsible citizen who is out to
assist people. I don’t know why some people want to bring me down with such an
incredible lie.”
Audu said that she wanted members of the public
to know that, “I’m not involved in any
human trafficking or kidnapping or shady business. All we do is to save the
hopeless and get them engaged with something that they can use to take care of
themselves and families.”
Ilori, who is also a human right activist, said the
allegation was completely baseless. He urged the police to fish out the people
behind the false alarm and kidnap allegation.
Ilori said further that in the course of his own
personal investigation, he realised that the message was a hoax, aimed at
tarnishing the image and business of Audu.
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