Actress dragged into Seun Egbagbe's alleged $3000 fraud

Actress dragged into Seun
Egbagbe's alleged $3000 fraud
This comes after the movie producer was
caught stealing nine iPhones » at a shop in
Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos state, last month.
According to the dealer who identified himself
simply as Semiu, Egbegbe reportedly committed
a 3,000 fraud at his MultiChoice outlet in Ibadan,
the Oyo State capital.
ALSO READ: Toyin Aimakhu's ex-boyfriend
reportedly arrested for stealing iPhone »
Daily Post reports that Semiu claimed to have
met Egbegbe on December 9 at his outlet, two
days after it was opened at Uncle Joe Bus Stop,
Mokola area of the state.
Semiu reportedly told Sahara Reporters that the
filmmaker walked into the outlet, asking to buy
two GOtv Decoders, adding that a friend of his
would be bringing the money for the payment.
Semiu said,
“Another man arrived wearing jellabiya, (the long
robe favoured by Muslim men) and gave Egbegbe
some money. After handing over the cash, the man
in jellabiya left.
“Egbegbe stepped out of the shop and waited
outside, where I was shielded from view by a glass
door.
“Egbegbe, who kept impersonating a prospective
customer then pointed to a man waiting downstairs,
signaling that he was the one that would provide
information required for the activation of the
decoders. Though he was speaking, his voice was
drowned out by music from the loud speakers hired
to create awareness for the outlet.
“That was the beginning of trouble. When the Hausa
man got upstairs, he told me that Egbegbe had
taken $3,000 from him and I could not make any
connection. I considered it a joke initially, but later
realized that the second guy was a Hausa man,
who had innocently transacted business with the
pretended customer on the assumption that he
owned the MultiChoice outlet.
”The Hausa man told me that Egbegbe had phoned
him from a Fidelity Bank branch opposite the
MultiChoice outlet, claiming to own that place and
requesting to change naira to dollars. Apparently,
Egbegbe had failed to give the forex trader the
naira equivalent of the money he took from him,
with currency trader lured into a false sense of
security that Egbegbe owned the dealership and
could always find him there.
“When the currency trader realized that the man he
transacted business with was not the owner, he
raised the alarm. Before I knew what was
happening, I was surrounded by over 20 Hausa men
and dragged to Sabo, the hub of forex trading in
Ibadan.
“I was beaten for about 45 minutes and was about
to be killed before a policeman from State
Investigation Bureau, SIB, named Samson,
intervened and ordered us to move to Oyo State
Police Command Headquarters at Eleyele.
“I kept telling them that I knew nothing about the
money and that they should not kill me because of
$3,000 (N750,000). After about 30 minutes of
beating, I was handcuffed and taken to my office
and to my house. My wife and four-year-old
daughter saw me in handcuffs. They searched my
house and found nothing.
“I was detained and I kept requesting that I be
charged to court because I suspected that there
was a plot to make me face criminal charges and
have me remanded in prison."
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Daily Post reports that Semiu went on to
describe Aimakhu's involvement in the case,
adding that the actress did everything possible
to avoid a scandal.
“Shortly after, I saw actress Toyin Aimakhu with a
man that was being wildly cheered by policemen. I
took a closer look and discovered that the man
being cheered by the policemen was the person
that came to my office requesting to buy GOtv
decoders and eventually took $3,000 from the
currency trader.
“On the said day, Seun Egbegbe and Toyin Aimaku
came to release Aimakhu’s Range Rover that he
(Seun) gave her which the police impounded from
her driver earlier that day and fortunately I saw and
recognised Seun Egbegbe as someone who
collected $3000 from the BDC vendor.
“I was confused. I then told one of the officers that
the man in front of them was the one who collected
the $3,000. The officer asked if I knew the person I
was pointing at. I said I was sure he was the one.
The officer said he is Seun Egbegbe, a socialite.
“I kept insisting he was the one who came to my
shop. Egbegbe was then arrested by an IPO after
initial hesitation by police and confessed that he
was the one that did it.
“But his actress girlfriend, Toyin Aimakhu, told the
police that she was ready to offer them (the police)
any amount to bury the case because she doesn’t
want a scandal.
“I wanted to press charges against Seun Egbegbe
but the police colluded with Aimakhu and threatened
I and my co-victim with harm. Some officers were
opposed to my arrest, but the IPO insisted on
arresting him, and he was arrested.
“He confessed to the crime and promised to refund
the Hausa currency trader. The actress slumped in
shock. I was invited back to AKS on January 18,
2016, for apology and compensation, but nothing
was done,” Semiu stated.
ALSO READ: Seun Egbegbe speaks on alleged
theft »
So far, Egbegbe is yet to respond to these fresh
allegations, as in Aimakhu, who seems to have
known about her ex's predilections but instead
of doing something about it, buried it.
Following Egbegbe's arrest for theft,
eyewitnesses claimed that it was not the first
time » he had stolen and that he made a point
of visiting new shops in the area where the
owners were unsuspecting, adding that he also
made use of charms to aid his escape.

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