A suspected fraudster who has been elusive for three years has finally been nabbed by Nigeria’s foremost anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Daniel Erito Oyowe met his waterloo today in Warri Delta state when he was picked by operatives of the Commission for offences bordering on obtaining by false pretence.
The suspect is a lawyer who allegedly swindled a petitioner, in a crooked oil deal. The suspect allegedly met the complainant at a Bar conference in Warri three years ago, where he introduced him to an oil and gas business and invited him to invest, assuring of mouth- watering returns on his investment.
However, after he invested six million which was paid into the suspect’s account with an old generation bank, the suspect became evasive. He neither remitted any returns to the complainant nor refund the sum invested.
For three years, the Commission had been on his trail and only got lucky after his account with the old generation bank was flagged. He was arrested after he made attempt to draw money from the account.
Further investigation into the scam continues.
