Single Lady Loses N7.8m As Lover Bolts Away

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

A single lady lost a whopping sum of N7.8m in Lagos to her estranged lover, Chika Durueke, who promised to marry her, collected the money and thereafter jilted her.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the duo met at St Michael’s Anglican Church in Coker area of Orile, Lagos, during a church programme and eventually became lovers.
She was said to have rented an apartment, furnished it and moved into it in order to settle down for the marriage but that was not to be as Durueke asked for a little time to enable him inform his relatives in his hometown, Owerri, Imo State.
During that period, Durueke, who was an Uber driver, told her that one of his brothers abroad sent a container load of spare parts and asked her to bring the money for it to be cleared from Apapa Wharf. He promised that after clearing the container and selling the goods, he will then fulfill his promise to marry her.

Unknown to the victim, it was a ploy to scam her. She reportedly gave him the money to clear the container and he bolted away with the money and did not return to the house. It was then that she realised that she had been duped and then reported the matter to the police at Ladipo Police Station. The Police trailed the suspect, Durueke and eventually arrested him.

During interrogation, Durueke confessed to the Police that the lady actually gave him the money but he was also duped by fraudsters at Cele area of Lagos. The police found him culpable and charged him before the Isolo Magistrates Court for obtaining under false pretense and stealing.

He pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, Mr. Oje Uagbale, asked the Court to give a date for hearing so that the police will prove the case since he pleaded not guilty.
Thus, the Presiding Magistrate, Mrs. O.A. Teluwo, granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
However, he was remanded in prison custody pending when he will perfect his bail conditions. The matter was adjourned till 20th May, 2019.