A 44-year-old man, Adekunle Balogun has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over fraudulent dealings involving the sum of $1million USD.
Adekunle who is popularly known as Malan Salihu, was arrested by men of the EFCC in Lagos for allegedly duping one Precious Chukwuma Emelue of
N100M. Malan Salihu had deceived the victim that he would assist him in
retrieving the sum of $1m that was stucked in a Pakistani bank,
Kan-Cern as payment was allegedly stopped by the International Monetary
Fund, IMF.
Emelue told the EFCC that he had met a Pakistani diplomat Mr. Perry Kandoharty
in 2012 and both agreed to work together on a fish business. Emelue
would provide land for a fish processing factory in Nigeria and space
for the development of fish ponds. Emelue claimed that Kandoharty sent
him a mail informing him of a deposit of $1m into Kan -Cern Limited. It
was this fund, allegedly stopped by IMF, that Balogun made him believe
he could pull out for him.
According to Emelue’s statement, Balogun was impersonating the Executive Chairman of the EFCC Ibrahim Lamorde,
and received money in different instalments from him "to obtain
certificates from authorities" handling drug, anti-terrorism and money
laundering issues.
Balogun however denied
impersonating the EFCC boss but during a raid at his residence,
documents bearing the names of the State Security Service, SSS; Central
Bank of Nigeria, CBN; and Insurance companies were discovered among
others.
Balogun would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
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