in the night, fleecing many of their hard-earned money and disappeared into thin air, leaving behind wailing, tears, sorrow and gnashing of teeth.
The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wale Fapohunda said: “We have their pictures, we are going to publish their faces, it is a scam, the faces of those Directors are not the real people, and they just put them forward. We have asked our men to seal off the offices they are using. They were told that the loan was meant to expand their business and enable them to be financially independent; an idea that the unsuspecting people easily bought.
“They asked us to form ourselves into groups; we gathered people. That was how we arrived at 14 members in our group. Those of us who wanted N100, 000 loans were asked to obtain N1, 000 forms, N1, 500 forms for those who wanted to access N150, 000 and seekers for N200, 000 obtained forms for N2, 000.
“I even placed a curse on whoever would make away with my money, and he said ‘amen’ to it. He urged us to begin the transaction with a daily contribution. The 12 of us, who constitute the Fiyinfoluwa Group, started daily contributions with them and“Three weeks after, they said their forms for the loan had arrived, I was ill that time, but he came to my house with the forms for all members of our group. The 12 of us gave him N12, 000 for our forms.
The cloth seller, who said she used money from the contributions of some person in her care, said: “My thought was that I would refund it on getting the loan and use the balance for my business. It is a devastating blow. Christmas is here now; I cannot get clothes to sell because I don’t have money.