Man dupes 90 home seekers of N20m In Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, paraded a man(Tajudeen Yusuf) who claimed to be a developer collecting rent from numerous unsuspecting victims for a building that was under construction. He as duped over 90 persons of over N20 million.

Yusuf, who confessed to the crime, however said that he collected money from about 50 people for two houses containing four self-contained apartments and three mini flats.

He said that he could not confirm the total amount of money he collected from the victims to construct the building at 38 Thomas Animashaun Street, Aguda, Surulere.

Bartholomew Ewa, a staff of Tantalizers and A widow, Bimbo Achi, were among his victims.


Bimbo Achi, said she borrowed money from her church to pay the rent for a flat in the house. "The church agreed to pay on my behalf and the pastor came to check the place and spoke with them and paid them a cheque of N300, 000," she said. "Later, they asked me to come and collect my key on September 20 which was the date I agreed to pay them their balance of N60, 000, but on getting there, I saw a lot of people fighting."

When asked how he would repay the victims of the scam,he said: "I go hustle to get money pay them"

Interesting!!!!!!

The funny thing is; he has a family. He is blessed with 4 kids