EFCC Nabbed $4m Fraudster ……Recovered 44-room hotel, Exotic cars
Olorunfemi Ojo
Nigeria anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), operatives have arrested a suspected fraudster, Idowu Olanrewaju, for defrauding an American citizen of the sum of $4 million through his company.
According to the agency spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, the suspect allegedly asked the victim to pay the said amount into the account of his company, Total Intership Nigeria Limited, for the supply of crude oil, through a phony crude oil contract.
Uwujaren said, the victim on realising that he has been duped sent a petition to the EFCC as an expected consignment of crude oil never berth.
An accomplice of the suspect, Joe Onwudimowei, who operates the account of the company with a commercial bank, where the proceeds of the said fake contract were deposited, was arrested June 18 and upon interrogation, he said,he handed all monies that passed through the account to Olanrewaju and Yemi Osho .
On the 19th of June, EFCC said, both Olanrewaju and Osho were arrested following a dawn raid on their homes by their operatives.
According to Wilson, the suspect, who does not have any reasonable source of income, was discovered to have several properties in Port Harcourt, Rivers State’s capital and a 44-room hotel in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital.
Also recovered from him, were a number of exotic cars including, a 2014 Range Rover, 2013 Honda Crosstour, 2013 Range Evogue and Honda CRV.
Uwujaren disclosed that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
