Nigerians React As Popular Social Media Influencer, Adeherself Is Arrested By EFCC For Alleged Fraud
- Adetoun Ogunlami
- June 17, 2020
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Fast-rising social media influencer, Adedamola Adewale, popularly known on social media as @adeherself, has been arrested alongside four other people by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged Internet fraud.
According to the EFCC via the Twitter handle on Tuesday night, it was gathered that it’s Lagos Zonal Office arrested five alleged internet fraudsters, including one Adedamola Adewale, a self-acclaimed social media influencer, for their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud.
The five suspects were apprehended in different areas of Lagos during a raid by operatives.
According to the tweets Adewale, 20, and her accomplice, Lamina Hamzat Ajibola, were arrested at the Agungi area of Lekki, Lagos State, while the other three named, Israel Onyebuchi, Emmanuel Olayode, and Valentine Nwokorie were picked up at the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State.
In the tweets, Adewale had confessed to being a picker (courier) for Internet fraudsters
It was gathered that Nwokorie posed as a female American citizen to defraud his victim, while Onyebuchi allegedly forged foreign cheques to defraud his victims.
See Tweets Below;
EFCC Arrests Social Media Influencer, Four Others for Internet Fraud
The EFCC Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested five alleged internet fraudsters, including one Adedamola Adewale, a self-acclaimed social media influencer, for their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud.
1/ pic.twitter.com/6yNpqmgiZy— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
The five suspects were apprehended in different areas of Lagos during a raid by operatives.
2/— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
While Adewale, 20, and his accomplice, Lamina Hamzat Ajibola, were arrested at the Agungi area of Lekki, Lagos State, the trio of Israel Onyebuchi, Emmanuel Olayode and Valentine Nwokorie were picked up at the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State.
3/— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
The arrest of Adewale and Ajibola was sequel to intelligence linking them to online fraudulent activities with two brothers, Lasisi Wasiu Adeleke and Lasisi Riliwan Adeniyi, who are at large. They were arrested at a four-bedroom duplex belonging to the two run-away fraudsters.
4/— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
Intelligence also linked them with alleged flamboyant lifestyles.
During interrogation, Adewale, a self-acclaimed model, who goes by the username @adeherself on Instagram, confessed to being a picker” in cyber crimes. He usually poses as a lady to hoodwink her foreign “preys".
— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
Items recovered from the suspects include two Toyota Camry 2009 model cars, and a sum of N9,000,000.00 (Nine Million Naira only), which was found in Adewale’s account.
6/— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
The other suspects; Onyebuchi, Olayode and Nwokorie were arrested for their alleged involvement in a romance scam. They were arrested during another raid, following a separate intelligence.
7/— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
Investigation revealed that Nwokorie was posing as a female American citizen and sending photos as a porn star to defraud his victim while Onyebuchi was engaging in a love scam as well as forging foreign cheques.
8/— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
Items recovered from the suspects include laptops and mobile phones. All the suspects will soon be arraigned in court as soon as investigations are concluded.
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— EFCC Nigeria (@officialEFCC) June 16, 2020
Nigerians have reacted to the news expressing shock.
Is EFCC saying Adeherself is not Adeherself but Adehimself but goes to pick money as Adeherself ? pic.twitter.com/wKPAueFWGq
— Obong Roviel ? (@ObongRoviel) June 16, 2020
Really liked Adeherself sha, she was so real and everything.
This life just Dey one kind, this one that her family’s faces are all over her video.
God for us all.
— Pastor Ola ✨ (@Biisi96) June 16, 2020
Not surprised at this Adeherself saga? I was recently made aware of a stunningly beautiful girl whose job is to pick calls and receive video calls for love scammers.She leaves in a posh duplex and drives a wonder on wheels. So b4 you “God when”, take time to find out how.
— Mazi Gburugburu (@Mazigburugburu1) June 16, 2020
AdeHerself ??♂️
— Dr PamPam | Omo Iya Ologi (@UnclePamilerin) June 16, 2020
Apparently EFCC didn’t make a mistake.
They said adeherself is actually adehimself, using the face of adeherself to scam clients.
So Adehimself runs the account, but adeherself is the face of the account.
Plot twist her name is not Ade, it’s lamina
— Pastor Ola ✨ (@Biisi96) June 16, 2020
Plot Twist o. Money heist. Adeherself acting as Tokyo? pic.twitter.com/r5d1BfbJZB
— MR AHMED?? (@UncleMohamz) June 16, 2020
Apparently EFCC didn’t make a mistake.
They said adeherself is actually adehimself, using the face of adeherself to scam clients.
So Adehimself runs the account, but adeherself is the face of the account.
Plot twist her name is not Ade, it’s lamina
— Pastor Ola ✨ (@Biisi96) June 16, 2020
