UNILAG graduate arrested for impersonating Okonjo-Iweala, Fashola’s wife

A 34-year-old graduate of International Relations and Management from the University of Lagos, Mr. Anthony (surname withheld), has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for using the names of prominent people in the society for fraud.

The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Tuesday that the fraudster was arrested for using the names of the wife of the Lagos State Governor, Abimbola Fashola; the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; the wife of the Minister of the FCT, Mrs. Aisha Bala-Mohammed; and the Director of Abuja Geographical Information System, Jamila Tangaza, to commit fraud.

The EFCC spokesman alleged that the suspect sent out messages with the cloned accounts of the prominent ladies and directed unsuspecting Nigerians, who tried to be friends with the Lagos State First Lady and the others to his personal assistant (who happened to be him) who demanded and collected money from some of them.