Following a petition against a real estate company, INTERPOL has commenced investigation and frozen the assets of one Odupaye Abimbola Joseph on grounds of alleged fraud.
OdupayeAbimbola Joseph, and her company, Tigers Property LLC,were charged before a Nassarawa Chief Magistrates’ for allegedly obtaining N457m under false pretences.
Other respondents in the suit number M/185/2024 were United Bank For Africa (UBA), Guaranteed Trust Bank, Polaris Bank, Access Bank, Eco Bank, Wema Bank, Fidelity Bank, Abbey Mortgage Bank, First Bank and Toluwani Gideon Olisa.
The petitioner, through his counsel, Mr David Njoku, said the real estate company paid the sum of N467m to Joseph and her company for the purchase of four units of one bedroom apartment of what they claimed to be their Regina Tower Project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Njoku submitted that his client brought a total number of five investors who signified interest to purchase the purported property and committed N467m and 300,500 US dollar to Joseph’s account.
The lawyer said that his client, having parted with the huge sum, was unable to obtain the property paid for and Joseph is still at large with the investors’ fund.
“It is our humble view that our client, alongside the investors, have been defrauded by Abimbola Joseph and Tigers Property LLC.
“Many other innocent citizens will be subjected to same if the matter is not urgently addressed,” he said.
Chief Magistrate AbdulsalamAbubakar, on January 19, ordered that upon the motion ex-parte moved by one Mr. AminuAbubakar and upon the affidavit deposed to by ASP Ajulo Raphael of (Interpol) Force CID Annex Lagos, Fidelity Bank, First Bank, Eco Bank, Polaris Bank, WemaBank , Abbey Mortgage Bank, Access Bank, Guaranteed Trust Bank and UBA should furnish the Commissioner of Police (interpol) of the account details of Toluwani Gideon Olisa and OdupayeAbimbola Joseph.
