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| Lekan Opaleye |
A 35-year-old gospel musician, Olalekan
Opaleye, has been arrested by policemen attached to the X-Squad of the
Lagos State Police Command for allegedly obtaining the sum of N40m from a
pensioner, Mr. Michael Shote, under false pretences.
Shote, who retired from a
telecommunication company in London, and the suspect were said to have....
known each other two years ago, when the former reportedly told him to
quit driving and promised to sponsor his musical career.
It was gathered that the 75-year-old
pensioner financed a record produced by Opaleye, who lived in an Ikorodu
building owned by the pensioner.
According to source, in July 2013, Opaleye approached Shote,
saying former Senate President David Mark, allegedly wanted to give a
contract to his friend to supply 20,000 laptops and freezers, among
others, to the National Assembly.
He was said to have persuaded the
businessman to invest in the deal and reportedly collected the sum
piecemeal between July 2013 and April 2015 on the pretext that he wanted
to use it to facilitate the contract.
It was learnt that the
scam blew open in April 2015, when the complainant insisted on seeing
the documents backing the contract, which the suspect could not produce.
Opaleye was arrested after the alleged fraud was reported at the state
police command.
Shote, a resident of Irepedun Street, in
the Sangisha area of the state, said he fell for suspect’s scam because
he wanted to assist him.
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