The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has arrested one Obohor John
Damilola for Internet fraud. Obohor, a 26-year-old student of Ekiti State
University, Ado-Ekiti, fleeces unsuspecting victims on military dating sites
while posing as Nigeria-based US Army Officer by the name Sergeant Frank Mcghee.
At the point of arrest, EFCC operatives recovered one voter’s card
and a debit card bearing Obohor John Damilola from him.
The Commission got wind of his fraudulent activities through
series intelligence reports on his suspicious transactions in one of the
branches of an old generation bank in Ado Ekiti, through which he received about Seven Million, Four Hundred and
Fifty Three Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety Nine Naira (N7,453, 799.00) from
victims.
The victims includes one L. D Marte who lost Six Million, Two
Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Two Naira (N6,216,732) to
the suspect. Others are P. Martinez, six Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty Seven naira (N672,887.00); E. Rosales, Thirty
Thousand and Sixty Five Naira (N30,065.00) and R. Rosario, Five Hundred and
Thirty Four Thousand One Hundred and Fifteen Naira (N534,115.00).
Obohor, who confessed to the crime, claimed he was forced to
embrace the scam to raise money to finance his education.
He will be arraigned in
court as soon as investigation is completed.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
10th November, 2016
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