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.
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