Afrigather Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee have arrested an Ekiti State-based Disc Jockey, Famotemi Toluwani Timothy, for allegedly impersonating a hip-hop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly generally known as “Transportable”.
He was arrested on Thursday, September 29, 2022.
Timothy, a local of Igede-Ekiti in Ifelodun Native Authorities Space of Ekiti State, allegedly opened an Instagram account with the title “Zazu Omolalomi Transportable” the place he claimed to be the singer.
An announcement signed by Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Wilson Uwajuaren, mentioned that Investigations confirmed that the suspect met certainly one of his victims, Adebayo Adedimeji Lukman, working a membership in Offa, Kwara State, on social media, launched himself as “Transportable” and bargained to carry out on the membership for the sum of N1 million naira.
The suspect requested that 80 per cent of the cash be paid earlier than the occasion, and Adebayo reportedly paid the sum of N790,000 (Seven Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira) right into a checking account quantity supplied by the suspect.
Nevertheless, the self-styled artiste, “Transportable” didn’t present up on the occasion, which was held on February 18, 2022, and finally blocked all technique of communication with the suspect.
The suspect can be charged to courtroom as quickly as investigations are concluded, the assertion mentioned.
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