Operatives of the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Chidozie Kingsley Nwachi,
(a.k.a Dozie) for allegedly marrying an American: Nicole Kierulff Sayers falsely, and defrauded her $200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) in the process.
Nwachi was
arrested in Abuja on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, based on the claims of
Sayers, alleging that the suspect lured her into a false
marriage and defrauded her of her savings.
“I was
accustomed to transferring money to him and further felt I had no choice,
since I had just married him, even though I did not feel confident in my
choice to have married him”, she said.
Nwachi’s ploy of defrauding his “wife” was the offer of a phony contract
by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, Abuja. He allegedly
made Sayers finance the execution of the contract until the petitioner
contacted the Ministry with the contract papers and discovered that they were
fake.
Realising
that Nwachi had sold her a dummy, Sayers lamented that: “I have
been suicidal on and off, when I realized he was a fraud, as I was
drowning financially and facing bankruptcy”.
Items
recovered from the suspect include two cars: Toyota Venza and Lexus
ES300, expensive wrist watches, two Apple iPhone, two iPhone laptops, an
international passport and multiple Automated Teller Machine, ATM,
cards. A sum of $2204( Two Thousand, Two Hundred and Four United States
Dollars) was also recovered from him.
He will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.