Udopi said the N18,000 belonged to her employers.
The victim said the suspects went away with her Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card and without telling them her password, they withdrew N10,000 from her account.
Udopi said one of the three men, identified simply as John, met her on the way from GT Bank at Jakende Estate, Isolo, Lagos, where she went to withdraw money for the sales she made for her company.
She said:
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“On January 21, I went to GT Bank to withdraw the money which I paid into my account after making sales. I met John who approached me and I stopped to see how I could help him. He told me that he was looking for a place called White Soil. I told him that he was far from the place, and I gave him the direction to the place. As I turned to leave, he called me again and said he was very sorry to disturb me. He said that he came from Cotonou, Benin Republic and was in Nigeria for business and wanted someone to help him to sell his goods. The man told me that last time he brought goods to Nigeria, a woman he met duped him and he lost money.
“He said I should go with him to the White Soil where his partner was waiting for him with his goods. I don’t know what happened to me, and I went with him to the place with the money I withdrew from the bank for my office. When I got there to the uncompleted building, he asked me to wait for him and I spent over one hour waiting for him. He came back with another person who said that his name was David. David told me that he was working with for President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State.
Udopi said when she got back to the uncompleted building she did not see any of them again.
She added: “I called John in his phone number. He told me that he was with the foreigner. I didn’t see them again until the day I was able to see John at one filling station at Ejigbo area of Lagos.”
When Udopi saw John, she raised the alarm.
According to her, he was accosted by passers-by and given the normal Lagos treatment.
The suspect pleaded for mercy and was later taken to the police at Ejigbo.
She added: “He mentioned his accomplice who was also arrested while in possession of multiple ATM cards and fake currencies.”
Our correspondent met some people at the Ejigbo Police Station, who claimed to be friends to the suspects. They were begging the victim to collect her money and not charge the case to court.
But when the lady insisted that her parents said they should go to court they started threatening to deal with the lady.
“We will meet in court and nothing will happen. We are going there but you lady will see,” one of them, said, referring to the victim.
When our correspondent approached one of them, he brought wraps of money and said that they were ready for the case in the court.
“I gave her the money she said my friends collected from her, so police will not take them to court. But the little lady refused and thinks that she will win in the court. She will regret her action in this area,”
he boasted.
“He said I should go with him to the White Soil where his partner was waiting for him with his goods. I don’t know what happened to me, and I went with him to the place with the money I withdrew from the bank for my office. When I got there to the uncompleted building, he asked me to wait for him and I spent over one hour waiting for him. He came back with another person who said that his name was David. David told me that he was working with for President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State.
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“He said they have chemicals for washing of foreign currencies and they showed me some of the dollars they had washed. All that time, I was not myself because I was looking at them, without saying anything or challenging them until they finished with me. John collected the money with me and gave David to go and buy more chemicals because the one they had was not enough.
“A few minutes later, David came back with small bottles contenting liquid. As they were mixing cut papers with the chemical, someone came to the place. They greeted him and said he was a foreigner. The foreigner said we must take oath, because people are wicked and not to be trusted. He gave us something to put in our mouths and I still participated in the oath taking.
“He said that anybody who exposed the deal would die. The foreigner looked at me and said that the chemical had entered my body. He said I would die within 30 minutes because the chemical touched my skin. David and John told the foreigner to save me from drying. The foreigner said that I should buy salt and quickly go to Cele bus stop. He said I should give the salt to a madman, which I did.”
“A few minutes later, David came back with small bottles contenting liquid. As they were mixing cut papers with the chemical, someone came to the place. They greeted him and said he was a foreigner. The foreigner said we must take oath, because people are wicked and not to be trusted. He gave us something to put in our mouths and I still participated in the oath taking.
“He said that anybody who exposed the deal would die. The foreigner looked at me and said that the chemical had entered my body. He said I would die within 30 minutes because the chemical touched my skin. David and John told the foreigner to save me from drying. The foreigner said that I should buy salt and quickly go to Cele bus stop. He said I should give the salt to a madman, which I did.”
Udopi said when she got back to the uncompleted building she did not see any of them again.
She added: “I called John in his phone number. He told me that he was with the foreigner. I didn’t see them again until the day I was able to see John at one filling station at Ejigbo area of Lagos.”
When Udopi saw John, she raised the alarm.
According to her, he was accosted by passers-by and given the normal Lagos treatment.
The suspect pleaded for mercy and was later taken to the police at Ejigbo.
She added: “He mentioned his accomplice who was also arrested while in possession of multiple ATM cards and fake currencies.”
Our correspondent met some people at the Ejigbo Police Station, who claimed to be friends to the suspects. They were begging the victim to collect her money and not charge the case to court.
But when the lady insisted that her parents said they should go to court they started threatening to deal with the lady.
“We will meet in court and nothing will happen. We are going there but you lady will see,” one of them, said, referring to the victim.
When our correspondent approached one of them, he brought wraps of money and said that they were ready for the case in the court.
“I gave her the money she said my friends collected from her, so police will not take them to court. But the little lady refused and thinks that she will win in the court. She will regret her action in this area,”
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