Obiechina Chikeluba 21, an undergraduate of the Federal
Science and Technical College Yaba, has been held for allegedly milking a UK
lady the sum of £54,000, in another love scam.
Chikeluba ,posing as an American citizen called, Jackson,
met the lady via Facebook sometimes in 2013 and later defrauded her to the tune
of N20 million.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
arrested Chikeluba for swindling Kieran Oakes, the UK citizen.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said 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.
Uwujaren said: “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.”
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