Detectives attached to Kwara State Police Command have rescued an American citizen, Vonapolouis Moss, who came to Nigeria to connect with her newfound love, Awoleye Joshua Oluwatofunmi, but later turned out to be a sheep in wolf clothing.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), a Superintendent of Police (SP) Okasanmi Ajayi said that on the 12th of January 12, 2023, at about 12:PM, based on actionable intelligence, operatives of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID) at the Kwara State Police Command arrested Awoleye Joshua Oluwatofunmi, of Sabo Oke Road, Ilorin, within the premises of a hotel along Flower Garden Road, Ilorin, in company with Vonapolouis Moss, an American citizen.
According to Ajayi, a preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect, who is an Internet fraudster known as Yahoo Boy, presented himself to the victim on TikTok, a social media platform, as an American by the name of Howard Adams and ripped her off for about 1000 USD.
“The suspect later took a step further by luring the victim to fly into Nigeria on January 9, 2023, through the Muritala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, after which she flew into Ilorin the next day and was received by the suspect. The suspect also deceitfully took an unspecified amount of USD from the victim before she was rescued by police operatives. The necessary authorities have been contacted for appropriate action. Meanwhile, the rescued victim has been moved into secure custody by the State Police Command pending her return trip to the USA,” said Ajayi.
It was also gathered that after the suspect had drained the victim of her money, ordered her to call her family members in the USA to send money to her.
