A man named as Audu Shehu Usman has been arrested by the police in Lagos state for allegedly defrauding a United States-based Nigerian Bonaventure Ezekwenna.
According to Ezekwenna, he met Usman in his office in the Bronx, New York, on November 24, 2008, and told him he had a Toyota Camry with laptops to send to Nigeria.
Usman told him it would take 30-days for the goods to get to his relatives through his Lagos manager, Aishat Ibrahim Suleman.
Ezekwenna, a USA army veteran, said he paid $709 dollars to Usman for clearing and delivery with another $1600 dollars for the container, adding that after 30 days he called Usman to find out if the goods had arrived in Nigeria. He said Usman told him that he should give him a week because he was having some problems.
After several weeks of postponements, Ezekwenna decided to go to Usman’s office, but he was shocked to find out that Usman had fled.
Narrating his ordeal Ezekwenna said: “Usman claimed he runs an a company in USA with the name Plain Air USA.
“He advertised in a newspaper that he was into clearing and forwarding of goods from USA to Nigeria which attracted many Nigerians residing in the USA. I traced Usman to Nigeria and on getting to the country, I got his phone number.
“I called him, he told him to come and meet him in Abuja. On getting to Abuja, he informed me he had traveled to Kano and I stayed in Abuja for 3 weeks before a friend told me that Usman was in Lagos.
“I tracked him to Ikeja area of Lagos where Usman was eventually arrested by Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives.”
During interrogation, Usman told the police that the goods were in Cotonou. He is to pay the sum of N80,000 for the trip to the Republic of Benin for investigation.
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