EFCC Detains “Driver” In Lagos Over Alleged $17.5 Million Advance Fee Fraud

Olabanji Aluko has been detained by EFCC agents from the Lagos Zonal Command in connection with an alleged $17.5 million advance fee fraud.

According to www.bigpenngr.com, Aluko, who identified himself as a driver, was detained on September 8, 2022, at a well-known restaurant in Falomo, Ikoyi, Lagos, where he had scheduled a meeting with a petitioner, Col. Remi Abdulrahman Adeyemo (retd.).

In his statement to the EFCC, Adeyemo claimed that he had received a call from a man who went by the name of Ojo and claimed to have known him in the past. 

Ojo, according to him, claimed that his son had initiated a divorce process in the United States of America, USA, and wanted to sell his properties to avoid losing them to his wife in the end.

He further alleged that Ojo requested his assistance regarding receiving the said sum, being proceeds of the sale of his son’s properties in the US, allegedly assuring him that the money would be shipped from the US, through a company, Loomis International, New York, and that a code would be sent to him, which he would present before he could take possession of the said sum.

Adeyemo also claimed to have received another call, where he was told that he would have to pay the sum of $5,700, being the cost of local handling charges, in order to receive the money. Suspecting that Ojo was up to some foul play, he reported the case to the EFCC.

Based on the intelligence, the EFCC sprang into action, which led to the suspect’s arrest as he prepared to give the petitioner fake money worth $17.5 million.

The suspect will soon face court charges, according to the anti-graft agency.