How Customer Ran Away With N6.2M Car In Ogun | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
Nov 08, 2023
How Customer Ran Away With N6.2M Car In Ogun | READ DETAILS
One Segun Opeyemi, has allegedly fled with a Toyota Camry spider, 2014 model after making false payment and sending a fake debit alert of N6.2M to the dealer, Olatubosun Gafar in the Ijebu Ode area of Ogun State.
READ ALSO: Watch Video ƒÄÑ: Obaseki ReveaIs What He Will Do To Oshiomhole If He misbehaves
According to the car dealer, Opeyemi came to his office on Wednesday, November 1, showing interest in purchasing the vehicle. He was said to have returned the following day, made payment and sent a debit receipt to Gafar via whatsapp.
READ ALSO: Anambra Governor Soludo Meets VP Shettima, Issues Warning to Miscreants and Touts
Although Gafar was yet to receive confirmation of the payment, he obliged Opeyemi he requested to test drive the car and also withdraw money from a bank close to them.
Gafar said he joined Opeyemi in the car, but things took another turn when Opeyemi called his mother and told her that he was coming to see her in his new car.
READ ALSO: INEC Sued Over 'Missing' 55.9bn 2019 Election Funds
Gafar explained further that at that point, he got a call from the office asking them to return and collect the receipt and new number plate for the car, but Opeyemi refused, insisting that he did not want to keep his mother waiting at an alleged Sawmill bus stop, in Ijebu Ode.
READ ALSO: "Probability of Igbo Presidency in 2023 has become a possibility" - Obiozor Reveals More
The buyer pleaded with the car dealer, gave him N50,000 and told him he would return in 10 minutes for the receipt and number plate, so he (Gafar) alighted and Opeyemi zoomed off.
READ ALSO: How NDLEA Finally Captured Drug Kingpin Who Killed Three Officers After 12 Years on the Run
Gafar said, "On Wednesday, around 4 pm at Ijebu Ode, beside Spicy Chicken, a man came into the office, saw a Spider Toyota Camry, a 2014 model and said he liked it and was interested in buying it.
READ ALSO: Popular Islamic Cleric Found Dead In Zamfara
"While he was checking the car, a friend I know called him and told him that they had found another car, that he should come to check it out and he collected my number and left.
READ ALSO: How Suspects Used Fake Alert to Acquire 75m Mercedes Benz GLE In Kano
"Thirty minutes later, he called me that he didn't like the car he went to see, and that he would come the next morning to buy my car.
READ ALSO: How NDLEA Uncovered a Massive Lekki Drug Lab and Arrested Its Saudi-Bound Owner | SEE PHOTOS
"On Thursday morning, he came, tested the car and said he liked it. He told me he had transferred the agreed N6.2m to my account and he sent the receipt to me on WhatsApp.
READ ALSO: 2 Billion Scandal: Inside Gavice Logistics, EFCC's Probe, and the Future of Its CEO
"I called someone to come and do the change of ownership and number plate.
READ ALSO: Why We Closed Down 197 Schools - Abia State Govt. | READ DETAILS
"While we were waiting for the man to come, he said he wanted to withdraw small cash that he would give to the boys at a First Bank branch close to us, I accepted but joined him in the car.
"Getting to the bank, the crowd was much and he said we should move forward and see if we would find any Point of Sale agents to withdraw from.
READ ALSO: Watch Video ƒÄÑ: Obaseki ReveaIs What He Will Do To Oshiomhole If He misbehaves
"Driving there, he called his mother and told her he had bought a car and that he was coming to meet her at the Sawmill, that he wanted her to be the first to enter the car.
READ ALSO: Anambra Governor Soludo Meets VP Shettima, Issues Warning to Miscreants and Touts
"Immediately, someone called me from the office that the person to do the number plate was waiting for us, so I told him to turn around so we could go and get it done but he pleaded with me that his mum would be waiting in the road. That I should please let him go and meet her.
"He gave me the particulars of the car and N50,000 to go and give the boys and also pay for the number plate, that he would be back in 10 minutes.
READ ALSO: INEC Sued Over 'Missing' 55.9bn 2019 Election Funds
"I don't know what he used on me, but that was how I got out of the vehicle and he drove off."
READ ALSO: "Probability of Igbo Presidency in 2023 has become a possibility" - Obiozor Reveals More
Gafar lamented that he waited for the money to reflect in his account but it didn't, so he visited an Eco Bank nearby and was told that it was a fake alert.
READ ALSO: How NDLEA Finally Captured Drug Kingpin Who Killed Three Officers After 12 Years on the Run
"I tried calling the number he gave to me after the bank confirmed that it was a fake alert that he showed me, but his number has not been going. It was registered with an Aboki name," he said.
READ ALSO: Popular Islamic Cleric Found Dead In Zamfara
Gafar said he reported to the police at the Area Command, Igbeba Police Station, Ijebu Ode.
Related Stories
How Suspects Used Fake Alert to Acquire 75m Mercedes Benz GLE In Kano
How NDLEA Finally Captured Drug Kingpin Who Killed Three Officers After 12 Years on the Run
INEC Sued Over 'Missing' 55.9bn 2019 Election Funds
How NDLEA Uncovered a Massive Lekki Drug Lab and Arrested Its Saudi-Bound Owner | SEE PHOTOS
2 Billion Scandal: Inside Gavice Logistics, EFCC's Probe, and the Future of Its CEO
Popular Islamic Cleric Found Dead In Zamfara
""
— Faith Ukanwa