Court remands Yahoo boy in prison for allegedly scamming American lover of N830,000
An alleged ‘Yahoo boy’, Ajibade Wasiu Oladotun is facing charges for allegedly defrauding his victim of $2,300 (about N830,000) in a romance scam.
Oladotun allegedly committed the crime in March 2017, when he deceived his victim, one Chris Odom who resides in the United States of America, that he was a woman looking for love.
A love-struck Odom had sent the sum to Oladotun who posed as Lola Parker as part payment for an air ticket to travel from Lagos to Seattle.
The EFCC said in a statement that the suspect was arraigned on Monday before the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, “on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and possession of false document.”
Oladotun pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Justice Onyetenu proceeded to grant him bail in the sum of N20 million and two sureties, one of whom he said must be a civil servant not below grade level 14.
Onyetenu adjourned court proceeding on the case to February 26 while ordering that Oladotun should be remanded in prison until the bail conditions are met.
