Two persons have been arrested by Police detectives attached to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Special Squad for creating a fake Forex company with which they milked a Lagos-based business woman the sum of N32m.
The suspects identified as Idowu Ohaimen and Innocent Iyowagahe from Edo State, were rounded up in their respective villages in Auchi.
He said: “I was the one who created the Forex app in line with Octa-Effex and called it Essi Forex Trading Company. Initially, many people were skeptical and would not invest, but others called and said they wanted to give a trial. It was in this process that we met Mrs. Iyabo Ajoke. Initially, she said she was going to invest N20,000 and get N40,000, but she ended up bringing N100,000 as an initial deposit.
Asked why the woman kept paying money even though she was not getting her money doubled as promised, Innocent said: “Normally before we start chatting her, I would pray to God to allow the business work and to touch the heart of the woman and make her agree with whatever we tell her. We didn’t use juju or what they call Yahoo plus on her. I had the mind of going to do juju really but my father stopped me and said it was not good.
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