EFCC arrests syndicate member for duping First Class Monarch of N33.3m

 One Fidelis Poor, a member of a syndicate who allegedly connived to dupe a first Class Traditional Ruler in Kwara State, His Royal Highness Idris Sero Abuba has been arrested by operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Fidelis and members of his gang duped the monarch to the tune of N33,399,999.00 (Thirty-Three Million, Three Hundred and Ninety-Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine Naira).

The 30-year-old suspect who hails from Stwue in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State alongside other suspects (still at large) allegedly conspired to swindle the monarch under the guise that he had a container of goods meant to be used for the development of Okuta community due be cleared at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.

HRH Idris Abubakar, who is the Emir of Okuta in the Baruten Local Government Area of the State, was a former member of the House of Representatives.

According to the statement issued by the Head, Media and Publicity of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, the monarch had petitioned EFCC after several efforts to recover his money or get the goods failed.

In the statement, “In a petition dated November 30, 2021, the Emir alleged that a group of fraudsters who operate as syndicate called him on phone sometime last year that he had a container to clear in Abuja and requested for the said amount for clearance.”

The monarch stated that the syndicate provided different accounts for him to pay ‘the money for the clearance of the goods, one of which included that of Fidelis Poor.

According to him, the fraudsters thereafter asked him to call one “Evangelist Rose Marry Oni (JP)” for handing over the container.

The monarch further stated that” efforts to get the goods delivered or recoup his money had been unsuccessful, hence he petitioned the EFCC.”