The police in Lagos State have arrested a
26-year-old undergraduate, Ademola
Adebayo, for allegedly defrauding seven
ladies he met on Facebook.
Our correspondent learnt that Adebayo, a
400-Level student of Computer Science,
allegedly lured the ladies by uploading
some rich pictures on Facebook, and
asking his victims to meet him at a
location, usually a hotel on the pretext that
he had deals for them.
PUNCH Metro gathered that when the
ladies showed up at the agreed location,
the suspect would dispose them of their
phones and other valuables.
The police alleged that Adebayo worked
with an accomplice, 35-year-old Toheeb
Fetuga, who had also been arrested.
It was learnt that the suspect was arrested
by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja,
where one of the victims reported the
matter.
Adebayo told PUNCH Metro that he had
defrauded seven ladies of their valuables.
He said, “One of the ladies I defrauded was
Rita. She came to a hotel in the Oyingbo
area. We had met on Facebook and I
agreed to do a deal with her. She was a
woman willing to have a sexual affair with
me for money.
“I invited her to the hotel and asked how
much she would take. She said $1,000,
and I said it was okay. I collected her
phone. I asked her to come for the money
at a hotel in the Victoria Island area. So,
she believed me and left.
“I checked the contacts on her phone and
that was where I got the contacts of other
ladies I defrauded. I was trying to lure
another friend of hers when I was arrested.
I have done it to seven ladies. I usually
meet the young women on Facebook, and it
is either I add them or they add me.
“I usually uploaded rich pictures on
Facebook, which attracted them to me.
Fetuga was the one I usually gave the
valuables to sell. He sold each of the
phones for N6,000.”
Fetuga, on the other hand, said although
Adebayo brought the phones to him, the
undergraduate lied to him that the owners
were badly in need of money.
He said, “He came to me that he wanted to
sell the phones. When I asked him where
he got the phones from, he said some
ladies in his school were in need of money
to complete their projects and
examinations.
“He had come about seven times and I
gave him about N6,000 for each of the
phones. We usually met at different places.
He would call and say we should transact
business.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, said investigations were
ongoing into the matter.
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The police in Lagos State have arrested a
26-year-old undergraduate, Ademola
Adebayo, for allegedly defrauding seven
ladies he met on Facebook.
Our correspondent learnt that Adebayo, a
400-Level student of Computer Science,
allegedly lured the ladies by uploading
some rich pictures on Facebook, and
asking his victims to meet him at a
location, usually a hotel on the pretext that
he had deals for them.
PUNCH Metro gathered that when the
ladies showed up at the agreed location,
the suspect would dispose them of their
phones and other valuables.
The police alleged that Adebayo worked
with an accomplice, 35-year-old Toheeb
Fetuga, who had also been arrested.
It was learnt that the suspect was arrested
by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja,
where one of the victims reported the
matter.
Adebayo told PUNCH Metro that he had
defrauded seven ladies of their valuables.
He said, “One of the ladies I defrauded was
Rita. She came to a hotel in the Oyingbo
area. We had met on Facebook and I
agreed to do a deal with her. She was a
woman willing to have a sexual affair with
me for money.
“I invited her to the hotel and asked how
much she would take. She said $1,000,
and I said it was okay. I collected her
phone. I asked her to come for the money
at a hotel in the Victoria Island area. So,
she believed me and left.
“I checked the contacts on her phone and
that was where I got the contacts of other
ladies I defrauded. I was trying to lure
another friend of hers when I was arrested.
I have done it to seven ladies. I usually
meet the young women on Facebook, and it
is either I add them or they add me.
“I usually uploaded rich pictures on
Facebook, which attracted them to me.
Fetuga was the one I usually gave the
valuables to sell. He sold each of the
phones for N6,000.”
Fetuga, on the other hand, said although
Adebayo brought the phones to him, the
undergraduate lied to him that the owners
were badly in need of money.
He said, “He came to me that he wanted to
sell the phones. When I asked him where
he got the phones from, he said some
ladies in his school were in need of money
to complete their projects and
examinations.
“He had come about seven times and I
gave him about N6,000 for each of the
phones. We usually met at different places.
He would call and say we should transact
business.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police,
Fatai Owoseni, said investigations were
ongoing into the matter.
Punch
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