Press Release
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.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media
& Publicity
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