It has been revealed that an
arrested internet fraudster, Abiodun Joseph, who impersonated the Ooni of Ife,
Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on his Facebook account, duped two Nigerian ladies based
in the United States of America of various sums of money.
Joseph who was arrested by
officers of the Ogun State Police Command, last Wednesday 19th April at Ilese,
uploaded Ooni’s pictures on his Facebook account and in no time, people mostly
ladies began to send him requests, many commenting on his good looks. Joseph
revealed that many ladies sent requests to him, that they wanted to be his
‘Oloris’ thinking he was genuine, and this was how he was able to defraud some
of them.
“But in our chats, I told them
that they have to pay some money if they are really interested in being my
Oloris. Two of them based in the U.S fell for the scam and sent some money
totalling N600,000 to me through money transfer mode" he said.
He went further to disclose
that the ladies were really desperate, as some of them sent nude pictures,
showing their breasts and private parts. Joseph, however, said one of ladies
had demanded that he should buy her a N45m house for her.
But Joseph said he told her
that she had to pay N5m out of the amount and he would make up the balance for
her. He was still waiting for that N5m last Wednesday before the police swooped
on his residence and arrested him.
Reacting to this, the state
Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said Joseph had been using his Facebook
and Whatsapp accounts to dupe unsuspecting members of the public. Joseph said
he opened the Facebook account October last year, purposely to defraud people.
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