After defrauding unsuspecting Nigerians and foreigners for many
years, two Nigerian undergraduates and six others ran out of luck on
Friday, as they were hauled into custody of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission.
Some of them operated from the upscale 1004 Housing Estate in Lagos.
Mr. Wilson Uwujaren the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, said
three exotic cars – a Mercedes Benz Jeep, One 4Matic Mercedes Benz Car
and a Range Rover Sport SUV-were recovered from one of the suspects.
He said: “One of the undergraduates, Hope Olusegun, a 25 year-old
indigene of Okene, Kogi State, and claims to be a student of Computer
Science at the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan University, Malaysia. He was
arrested by operatives of EFCC over allegations of fraud and internet
scam.
“A petition by a concerned group alerted the Commission about the
activities of Olusegun and his co-travelers at the elite 1004 Housing
Estate where the fraudsters engaged in fraudulent activities of
obtaining money by false pretences and forgery.
“A search conducted by EFCC operatives at Olusegun’ s apartment led
to the recovery of several items such as laptops, iPad phones, traveling
documents, cheque books, flash drives, internet modem, and three exotic
cars – a Mercedes Benz Jeep, One 4Matic Mercedes Benz Car and a Range
Rover Sport SUV.
“When asked how he came about the cars, Olusegun said the cars
belonged to his sister who he claimed lives in the United Kingdom.
“Operatives of the EFCC also downloaded over 80 implicating documents
from the laptops recovered from Olusegun. However, the Commission is
making effort to track down other members of Olusegun’s syndicate who
are currently at large.
“Tunde Wasiu Sodiq, another undergraduate and member of another
syndicate with close affinity to Olusegun’s gang was also nabbed by
operatives of the EFCC at the Housing Estate.
“Besides Sodiq, six other members of the syndicate were equally
arrested. They are: Badmus Akeem O, Ajijola Oluwatosin Emmanuel,
Adebesin Olalekan, Raji Resaq O, Ajibola Adeniyi and Adeboye Lamidi.
“Their arrest was sequel to a petition on their notorious activities
at the Housing Estate. Sodiq (23) hails from Lagos and claimed to be an
undergraduate of Brandry University, Malaysia .
“The leader of the syndicate, Badmus Akeem, hails from Ayetoro, Ogun
State and attended Oniwaya High School, Agege. He claimed to be a
traveler who does odd jobs wherever he travels.”
He was quoted as having said: ‘I decided to move to Malaysia to
further my education while I do “Hot jobs” as well. I just got back a
week ago before the festive period and also produce music and manage
artistes.’
“On why he chose to live at the expensive 1004 estate where he and
his friends pay N30, 000 daily, he said it was to avoid the stress that
friends and relations could bring to him.
“I didn’t stay on the Mainland in Lagos because of stress of friends when you just get back from abroad,” Akeem added.
Sodiq said that the Range Rover Sport car which was recovered from
them belonged to his mother despite the fact that the car bears his
alias, “T.Wizzle”. He stated in his statement that the mother decided to
customize the car plate number after the name of his first son.
“Other items recovered by the Commission include laptops, flash drives, internet modem, cheque books and a host of others.
“They are to be arraigned in court soon.”
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