Segun Atanda/
Grief is the price an American woman has paid for love after she married a Nigerian scammer she met on social media.
According to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nicole Kierulff Sayers was duped of $200,000 (N150 million) by one Chidozie Kingsley Nwachi, (a.k.a Dozie).
EFCC says it has arrested the suspected fraudster for allegedly marrying the American: Nicole Kierulff Sayers falsely, just to defraud her of $200,000 in the process.
Nwachi was arrested in Abuja on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, based on the claims of Sayers, alleging that the suspect lured her into a false marriage and defrauded her of her savings.
“I was accustomed to transferring money to him and further felt I had no choice, since I had just married him, even though I did not feel confident in my choice to have married him,” she said.
Nwachi’s ploy of defrauding his “wife” was the offer of a phoney contract by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Abuja. He allegedly made Sayers finance the execution of the contract until the petitioner contacted the Ministry with the contract papers and discovered that they were fake.
Realising that Nwachi had sold her a dummy, Sayers lamented: “I have been suicidal on and off when I realized he was a fraud, as I was drowning financially and facing bankruptcy.”
EFCC told NewsmakersNG that items recovered from the suspect included two cars: Toyota Venza and Lexus ES300, expensive wrist watches, two Apple iPhones, two iPhone laptops, an international passport and multiple Automated Teller Machine, ATM, cards. A sum of $2204 was also recovered from him.
EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren said that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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