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.
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