It was the end of the road
for a father of two, who specialised in using social media platforms,
especially Facebook, to lure gullible ladies to hotels, where he sedates, rapes
and dispossesses them of their valuables.
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The suspect, Oluwole
Falaseye, 30, who used the name Nipheme Ajanaku, usually posed as an Abuja-based
bank manager on Facebook. After familiarising himself with young ladies through
regular chatting, he would book for a meeting in a hotel in Festac Town, Amuwo
Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
This was how he hooked up
with a lady identified simply as Mercy and invited her for a birthday party in
Opera Hotel, at Rasaq Junction, Festac Town, last Friday.
However, Mercy, a student of
Polymer Engineering at Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, had an engagement outside
Lagos and sent her cousin, Tinuke, who is also an undergraduate of Public
Administration at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, to represent her.
Victim’s account Narrating what transpired at the hotel, Atinuke said:
“While at the hotel room, he
demanded for my ATM pin, saying he wanted to transfer N30, 000 into my account.
I was initially skeptical, but gave him because he said he was a bank manager
and that his boss owned the hotel.
“He offered me an alcoholic
drink, but I declined because I don’t take alcoholic drinks. He offered me
another, saying it was not alcoholic. I took it. That was all I could remember
until I woke up to discover he raped me.
“I was bitter, because he is
not my boyfriend and I never bargained for such violation. He apologised and we
went downstairs for the supposed birthday. He later told me he was going
upstairs to see his boss.
“I waited endlessly without
seeing him. When I went to the room, I met the door opened, with the key still
with me. I was shocked.
“I discovered that my
phones, a Samsung Galaxy S6 and another small phone, my necklace, ATM card and
my wristwatch were gone. I went downstairs to inform the receptionists about
the development and also asked if they saw him leaving.
“They said they do not keep
tab on their customers. I raised an alarm which attracted people.”
She claimed that the suspect
withdrew N172, 000 from her account.
When news reached Mercy, the
girls planted a lady, who reached the suspect on Facebook, in the process of
which he booked an appointment with her at Festac, only to be arrested by
policemen.
SUSPECT’S
ACCOUNT:
Falaseye, the suspect, told newsmen
that lack of funds to pay for his three-year-old baby’s medical bill led him
into such dubious acts. Falaseye, a secondary school drop-out, said:
“This is my first time of
doing this. I sell shoes and suits and I travel round Nigeria to buy and sell.
But business has been bad and I didn’t have anybody to ask for money to foot my
three-year-old baby’s hospital bill.
“So I just figured out that
I could meet the girl I have been chatting with and take her phone to sell. Yes
I stole her items.
“I told her to wait in the
bar, while I went to the room, took her items and fled. I sold her phone for
N20,000.”
The suspect, according to
Lagos State Commissioner for Police, Fatai Owoseni, would be charged to court
soon, even as he warned Lagosians to be wary of his likes.
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