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| L-R: Everest and Uadiale |
It was gathered that the duo of Mr. Victor
Uadiale and Captain Everest Nnaji, the owner of OAS Helicopters Services
Limited allegedly defrauded the investor of $7.9m.
The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said
Uadiale, the principal suspect, was the arrow head of an international
syndicate that specialised in defrauding international businessmen seeking
investment opportunities in Nigeria.
He explained that the Uadiale invited the
businessman to invest in the oil sector in Nigeria.
Uwujaren said, “Using a pseudo name ─ Victor
Emeka ─ he made the investor to visit Nigeria and received him at the Nnamdi
Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, and thereafter flew him in a helicopter to
a destination where he reportedly met a certain Mr. Grant, a member of the
syndicate, who assured him of the credibility of the business arrangement.”
It was learnt that after being convinced that his
host (Uadiale) was real and the business promising, the investor started paying
money in foreign currency into Uadiale’s offshore accounts.
The EFCC spokesman said, “A sum of $1.3m was
traced to a Barclay’s Bank (United Kingdom) account of Captain Nnaji Everest, a
member of Uadiale’s syndicate.
The sum of N1.6m; N1.3m; E894; and $275 were
traced to Uadiale’s accounts with one of the new generation banks in Nigeria
and another E391.93 in another local bank.”
It was gathered that Uadiale initially denied
meeting or transacting any business with the foreign investor.
“He was, however, nailed by a business associate
of the investor who identified him as the fraudster that duped the investor and
led operatives of the EFCC to the private residence of Uadiale in Festac Town,
Lagos,” Wilson said.
He added that both Uadiale and Nnaji would soon
be charged to court.
Meanwhile, Enugu State-born Everest Nnaji, a
socialite and politician famously known as Odengene once contested and lost a senatorial seat to another
famous politician from his state.
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