Fashola Clarified How He Was Defrauded by A ‘Yahoo Boy’

Babatunde Fashola, the current minister of works and housing, has clarified the recent news that went viral on social media claiming he was scammed by a yahoo boy to the tune of N3.1 Million. The suspect is presently with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Fashola said that he neither transacted any business nor knew the suspect that would have led to him being scammed. 

He explained that the amount involved was the worth of Air Miles which the suspect realized as a result of fraudulently hacking into his online account and creating a false identity that he used among other benefits to purchasing first-class tickets to different parts of the world.

“Having consistently hacked into the accounts for over 6-years, the suspect was traced by the minister until enough evidence was realized which the security operatives used,” Fashola explained in a statement made was made available by his spokesman, Hakeem Bello

The suspect, Wakili Malik was arrested by the EFCC, for pulling an online scam against the minister.

Wakili, who allegedly impersonated Fashola to steal the sum of N3,106,216 was arraigned at the Federal High Court, Lagos. He was alleged to have connived with one Abdullahi Umar, who is currently at large.

The suspect allegedly converted the sum of N3,106,216, the value of the Air-miles Skywards Account Number EK248739282 of Fashola with the Emirate Airlines.

The offence is contrary to sections 15(2)(a) and 27(1)(b) of the money laundry (Prohibition) Act and punishable under section 15(3) and 22(3)(a) of the same Act, the suspect, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges.