lied to an acquaintance he met on the social media platform, Facebook,
that he would get her a job and collected N200,000 from her.
The Police said in Lagos that the suspect, found to be a serial
fraudster, posed as a medical doctor to enable him to swindle the
unsuspected Facebook girl-friend.
The suspect claimed he would use the amount to secure a job for her
with the Nigerian Customs Service.
Investigations reveal that the accused was arrested and charged to
court about three years ago for a similar offence.
Ngozi stated that the police could not immediately explain how he was
freed in court without being convicted, noting that the suspect had
become a serial fraudster who was in the habit of defrauding young
girls.
According to her, the 36-year- old suspect was arrested after one out
of the latest five victims complained to the Police on November 15,
adding that the suspect was thereafter arrested on December 23 by
detectives from Ogudu Division.
The spokesperson alleged that the first victim, Mrs Adebiyi Adenike, a
graduate became his friend on Facebook after being attracted by the
suspect as a Surgeon.
"He requested for the sum of N200,000 as PRand with her original
certificate to enable him secure employment for her into the Customs
and that he had a slot at the service," she said.
Ngozi stated that both the suspect and the victim met and set out for
the journey to Abuja, but along the way to Airport, the suspect
pretended as if his vehicle had fault and asked her to come down and
push the car.
"As soon as the victim pushed the car, he zoomed off with the victim's
credentials, ATM and PHCN cards," she said.
Ngozi gave the names of other victims defrauded by the suspect as Miss
Okunola Folashade, Miss Ibrahim Bukola and Miss Adefemi Mercy.
She said that they were all NYSC members who were defrauded by the
same suspect ontheir way to Ibadan for community assignment.
The spokesperson alleged that they boarded his car to Ibadan on Dec.
20, but on getting to the Tollgate, the suspect diverted to the
oldLagos/Ibadan road where he pretended as if the car developed fault
and asked them to push thereafter he zoomed off with all their
belongings.
Ngozi said that the items stolen from the victims included a Laptop,
unspecified cash, certificates, ATM card, Toaster Machine, cell phones
and clothes.
The fifth victim, Miss Akinbo Atinuke, also boarded the suspect's
vehicle at Berger on Dec. 11, on her way to Ibadan, where the accused
branched to a filling station and pretended the car could not start
again, adding that the victim also pushed the car and he zoomed off.
The spokesperson said that the victim also lost her Laptop, Phone,
SSCE Certficate, ATM card, NYSC discharged certificate, the sum of
N104,000 which she withdrew from a bank with her ATM card.
Ngozi said that the suspect would be charged to court since all the
witnesses wereavailable with some exhibits, adding that the suspect
has also made confessional statement.
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