I would like to take a moment to expose the personality behind @nigeriancritic1. His real name is Ikuomola Olufunso Adebanjo, he lives in Abuja, somewhere around Navy Estate. His handle on X (formerly Twitter) is @AcademiaSpec with "ACADEMIA Thesis_Help & Business Plan Ph.Ds,MSc,M.A" as the display name

I saw him on X (formerly Twitter) as someone who engages in academic research activities, so I contacted him for a data collection gig.

We reached a payment agreement and he requested a 50% upfront payment which I paid him instantly. According to him, the timeline for the job is 30 days. Which we both agreed.

For like a week, I noticed the response at the backend of the Google form sheet we are using for the data collection isn't increasing and I was telling him to tell me the issue. He kept on assuring me that I shouldn't worry since we agreed for 30 days and the timeline hadn't elapsed.

I kept following up with him, but he kept telling me different stories. There were moments when he even stopped responding to me.

I patiently waited for the timeline to elapse and reached out to him. At first, he ignored me. He didn't return all my missed calls; I had called him severally. Out of the blue moon, he reached out to me with an excuse that he wouldn't be able to continue with the data collection (this is after the timeline has elapsed. We now agreed to a refund. So, I sent him my account details asking him to make the refund now. He then went further to tell me that all he knows is that he would make a refund.

Sadly, this guy didn't apologize for wasting my time, he didn't sympathise with me for the precious one month he had wasted. Now, I am left behind among my coursemates and turned into an unserious student. This action has emotionally affected me negatively.

He has even blocked me on X (formerly Twitter). Please in all you do, don't patronise him. Many legit people can do the work. He is majorly after money, first thing he always ask for is either 50% of 70% payment and then he will ghost you, only to return with excuses.