EFCC, yesterday said it arrested two suspected
fraudsters who allegedly defrauded a foreign investor
of $7.99 million through a non-existent oil deal.
Spokesman for the commission, Wilson Uwujaren,
who gave the identities of the suspects as Victor
Uwadiale and Captain Nnaji Everest, said they were
arrested separately by the operatives in Festac area
and another part of the state.
Uwujaren described Uadiale as the principal suspect
and arrow head of an international syndicate, which
specialised in defrauding international businessmen
seeking investment opportunities in Nigeria.
Uwujaren further said
"Uwadiale allegedly invited the investor, a
businessman from somewhere in the Middle East, to
invest in the flourishing oil sector in Nigeria.
"Using a pseudo name, Victor Emeka, he made the
investor to visit Nigeria and received him at the
Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and
thereafter flew him in a helicopter to a destination
where he reportedly met a certain Mr. Grant, a
member of the syndicate, who assured him of the
credibility of the business arrangement.Convinced
that Uwadiale was real and the business promising,
the investor started paying money in foreign currency
into Uadiale's offshore accounts where it was
laundered into various bank accounts around the
globe.
"A sum of $ 1.292 million was traced to a Barclay's
Bank in the United Kingdom, account belonging to
Captain Nnaji Everest, a member of Uadiale's
syndicate.
"The sum of N1. 6 million, N1.2 million, £894.79
and $275.30 were traced to Uwadiale's accounts
with one of the new generation banks in Nigeria and
another £391.93 to another local bank."
Uwujaren added also that during investigation,
Uwadiale denied meeting or transacting any
business with the foreign investor. He was, however,
nailed by a business associate of the investor who
identified him as the fraudster and led operatives of
the EFCC to the private residence of Uwadiale in
Festac Town, Lagos.
Both Uwadiale and Everest will soon be charged to
court.
Vanguard
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