Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Fatai Owoseni, yesterday said a 19-year-old
girl, who, for long, had been posing as
Music star, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun fondly
called Wizkid, on social media, had been
arrested.
The teenager, whose name the
commissioner did not mention, was said to
have duped many people, including
students of the University of Lagos
(UNILAG), before she was arrested. Among
her victims were also two people living
overseas. The money was over $53,000,
equivalent of about N10.4 million.
One of the victims was defrauded of
$49,000, while she milked the second victim
of $12,000. According to Owoseni, the
suspect, who is a student of one of the
universities in the country, was arrested
after Wizkid reported the case to the police
command, complaining that someone was
impersonating him and collecting money
for shows. The suspect opened a Facebook
account in Wizkid’s name and displayed
the star’s picture.
She started chatting with friends on
Facebook, pretending to be Wizkid.
Owoseni said that under this guise, the lady
had defrauded a lot of people. When
people started accusing Wizkid of collecting
money for shows and not turning up to
fulfil his part of the bargain, he reported
the matter to the commissioner.
Owoseni said the suspect was arrested
through investigation.
He warned members of the public to be
alert to the activities of fraudsters. He said:
“A lady was arrested for defrauding people
on Facebook. She was posing as Wizkid.
She was arrested yesterday. The lady
duped two people.
The two victims are outside Nigeria.
Members of the public should be very
careful on sending money to people they
met online. The lady collected money from
people in the United States and they
thought they were paying money to Wizkid
to come and perform.
They did not know they were dealing with
fraudsters. Nigerians should warn friends
and relatives overseas to be careful in
sending money to anyone, especially
someone they did not know or have not
seen.”
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