Land Scammer sentenced to 1 year in prison

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In a plot worthy of the popular BBC television show Hustle , Grace Iroro approached Zenith Banker Mr Bolorunduro offering to sell him a valuable plot of land on the lucrative Lekki Phase 2 housing development for a knockdown price.

Grace and her syndicate, including Ayo Disu and Udoh Nnaji (who are still at large) invited Mr Bolorunduro to a bogus office on Lagos Island, where they posed as the land owner, his wife and a land broker.

They used forged certificates of ownership to further convince Mr Bolorunduro of the legitimacy of the deal, which bore the name of the real owner of the land, which Mr Bolorunduro confirmed with the relevant authorities.

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Convinced that the deal was legitimate, Mr Bolorunduro arranged an appointment with the scammers to pick up the cheque at his office. Unable to contain his excitement, he confided in a colleague and friend, a manager at another Nigerian bank. Fortunately for the victim, his friend had fallen for the same scam relating to the very same plot of land, and was able to warn him that he was about to be swindled.

At the appointed time, Iroro and her cohorts arrived at Mr Bolorunduro’s office to collect their cheque, only to be met by agents from the EFCC who arrested Iroro. Ayo Disu and Udoh Nnaji escaped and are currently at large, being actively pursued by law enforcement officials.

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