Sunny Ade Impostors Defrauded 61 Innocent Victims Of Over N2m –CP
Fresh facts have emerged how suspected imposter of Dr. Sunday Adeniyi also known as King Sunny Ade and his cohorts allegedly defrauded more than sixty one innocent persons of huge sums of money that amounted to two million, eight hundred and forty one thousand naira.
The suspects who were paraded at the Lagos State Police Command on Thursday were identified as Ayoola Zainab, Oyewunmi Abiodun Ridwan, Oyedokun Lawrence Femi and Oyebode Rebecca.
Lagos State Commissioner of Pollce, CP, Zubairu Muazu, who confirmed the arrest of the imposter of King Sunny Ade in Lagos said the musician wrote a complaint letter to the Command that some unknown persons opened a fake instagram account and bank in his name which they used in defrauding members of the Public.
He said that, a thorough and painstaking investigation conducted by operatives of their Criminal Intelligence Bureau led to the arrest of the suspects.
“Ayoola Zainab, confessed to have opened an account on the instructions of her boy Oyewunmi Abiodun Ridwan from whom we recovered the ATM card of the account they used in defrauding 28 innocent victim of the sum of N1, 387,000.
“Oyebode Rebecca, own an account used in defrauding 33 innocent persons the sum of N1,454,200.’’
Police boss added that, Oyedokun Lawrence Femi, who is a leader of the syndicate opened a fake Instagram and email account.
“They had a platform where he placed an information about a non -existing King Sunny Ade USA Musical tour through which 33 innocent Victims were defrauded of a total sum of N2,841,200.’’
Muazu, however, said the suspects will be charged to court for conspiracy, impersonation and fraud.
