The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a
suspected fraudster, Obiechina Chikeluba for allegedly swindling Kieran
Oakes, a UK citizen, the sum of £54,000 (equivalent of N20m) in love
scam.
Chikeluba, a 21-year-old student of Federal College of
Science and Technical Yaba, Lagos, met the victim on Facebook sometime
in 2013.
PM Newspaper reports that the suspect, using the assumed profile of an American, Lisa
Jackson, entered into a relationship with Oakes, with the pair agreeing
to get married.
In
the course of their relationship, ‘Jackson’ at various times collected
money to the tune of £54,000 from Oakes, to enable him travel to the UK
to meet her.
After an endless wait for her fiancé, it dawned on the Briton that she had been conned, and consequently petitioned the EFCC.
Operatives
of the Commission arrested Chikeluba in a sting operation on February
24, 2015 in Lagos while attempting to collect a parcel sent to him.
He will appear in court as soon as investigation is concluded.
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