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 Science and Technical College
Yaba, Lagos, met the victim on Facebook sometime in 2013.
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
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