EFCC ARRESTS A DRIVER IN LAGOS FOR FRAUD
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's Lagos Zonal Command has arrested Olabanji Aluko, a suspected freudster, for an alleged $17.5 million advance fee fraud.
On Wednesday, September 8, 2022, Aluko, who claimed to be a driver, was arrested at a popular eatery in Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, where he had arranged a meeting with a petitioner, Col. Remi Abdulrahman Adeyemo (retd).
In his statement to the EFCC, Adeyemo claimed that he received a phone call from a man who simply identified himself as Ojo and claimed to have known him some years ago. According to him, Ojo claimed that his son had filed for divorce in the United States of America and wanted to sell his properties in order to avoid losing them to his wife in the end.
He also claimed that Ojo asked for his help in receiving the said sum, which was the proceeds of the sale of his son's properties in the United States, and that he was assured that the money would be shipped from the United States through a company, Loomis International, New York, and that a code would be sent to him, which he would present before he could take possession of the said sum.
Adeyemo also claimed to have received another call in which he was told that in order to receive the money, he would have to pay $5,700 in local handling fees. He reported the case to the EFCC after suspecting Ojo of wrongdoing.
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