Man Dupes His Own Friend Of N2.4 Million

A wicked man was reported to have duped his own friend with a huge N2.4 million while he set him on the famous computer village in Lagos. Eruagah ThankGod, allegedly a conman, was arrested after he had duped his friend's bosom, Vitalis Darlinton in tune of N2.4m and placed him in computer village in Lagos. According to P.M. Announce, the incident occurred in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where both suspects and the victim settled. But the suspect suspected the victim in Lagos and placed him in a computer village in Ikeja, Lagos. It was gathered that Darlinton told ThankGod that he raised enough money to travel abroad for greener pastures. It was when ThankGod discovered that the victim had a real big money that he promised to help him get travel documents. After being met by a victim of money, he took fake travel documents and brought him to Lagos convinced him that he had paid for his travels. However, when they reached Lagos, Thankgod settled a residence at a hotel in the area of ​​Iyana Ipaja where they met. The next day, he took Darlington to the computer village to buy the phone while he was traveling the next day. When they arrived at Computer Village, he bargained for a phone for N100,000 and told the phone owner he wanted to withdraw money from a bank nearby and that Darlinton would wait behind the store which he returned from the bank. He collected the phone and pretended that he was going to the bank but fled to Ikotun to sell the phone. He is lucky after he negotiates with the buyer to ask for a receipt and he can not do anything. He was handed over to the police at the Ikotun Division to detain him and investigate him. Prior to that, Darlington was shot in the market as a criminal and was soon to notice after they waited for ThankGod to no avail. However, the victim was lucky as the police used the phone of ThankGod to call him. The victim took the call and told the police what the ThankGod did and his life was at risk in Computer Village.

The police then rushed down to Ikeja, rescued and brought him to the police station with the owner of shop, where the phone was recovered and given back to the owner.

During the interrogation, ThankGod confessed that he procured fake papers and as such the victim cannot travel abroad with the documents.
He was charged before Ejigbo Magistrates court for stealing the phone and for defrauding his friend.Govern to
He pleaded not guilty.

The Presiding Magistrate, Mr. F.J. Layeni granted ThankGod bail in the sum of N300,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail condition.

The matter has been adjourned till 28 February, 2018.

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