Man In EFCC’s Den After Tricking Wife Into False Marriage For Financial Gains

A Nigerian man, Chike Nnaemeka, alias Dr. Justified Isioma Nnaemeka Emerald, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly tricking an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps into marrying him.

They were allegedly joined in a traditional wedding on June 6, 2015, without informing her that he was already married with three children.

According to NTA online news, Nnaemeka, who claimed to be a gynaecologist, allegedly collected N6.7 million, under different requests, from his victim, Ani Nkechi Joy, after she was introduced to him by one of her classmates at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State.

The complainant said in her petition:

‘‘During the wedding preparation, Justified brought up so many stories bordering on cultural issues that I or anyone from my family is not supposed to visit his home town until after my marriage.

”He also said that the tradition of his place as a lone Prince demands that I sponsor every financial aspect of the traditional marriage, but that he would refund me to the last one Naira I spent.”

According to EFCC, the suspect continued to deceive his victim and even claimed to have property that both Zenith Bank Plc and Diamond Bank Plc were purportedly interested in buying and also showing her some documents of the property, and requested her to raise some money to enable him to complete the process.

The complainant allegedly transferred some amounts to the suspect, after being assured that he would refund her.

However, on the 23rd of December, 2015, Nnaemeka allegedly left the house on the pretext that he was going to sign the agreement papers with the banks to finalize the transaction but did not return home until December 29, 2015.

Ani also stated that the suspect lied that the lawyer to the bank had died and that his lawyer would not allow anyone else to sign the papers, except a legal practitioner.

At this point, Ani became suspicious and made frantic efforts to inquire about the suspect’s real identity and what he does for a living from some of his acquaintances.

Ani  also alleged that the suspect stole the sum of $3000 belonging to her boss.

“Meanwhile, investigation has revealed that the suspect, who is married to another woman who had three children for him, also lied that his mother passed on some years back.

”The suspect will soon be charged to court, after investigation is concluded,” the EFCC statement added.

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