A 53-year-old primary school certificate holder, Moses Olayemi, has been arraigned before an Ikeja High Court for defrauding a Senior Advocate of Nigeria.

Olayemi, who was charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit felony, was alleged to have defrauded Dr Aliyu Salimon (SAN) under the pretext of conducting a National Assembly screening for a Federal Government appointment.

According to Dr Salimon, he was coerced into paying N2.5 million into a Skye Bank account, only for him to realise that he had been duped.

“I was on my way to Ibadan from Ilorin for an INEC case when I received a call from someone who claimed that he was the Chairman of a committee compiling the list of people to be given Federal Government appointment.

“He asked me to send my CV, which I did from a nearby cyber cafe. He then asked me to pay N150,000 for him to get security report about me,” he said.

The learned SAN, however, pointed out that after several conversations on phone, he sent N2.5 million to an account belonging to one Moses Babatunde, adding that he paid the money, believing it would help him get a better job.

“I paid the money thinking it would help me get a better job. It was after I paid the money that I was told that the job had been given to someone else,” he said.

In his own statement, the accused, Moses Olayemi, denied the accusations, adding that he never collected any money from the SAN.

“My friend, Akpan, asked me if I have a Skye Bank account but since I did not haveone, I got that of my friend Babatunde. It was when we went to withdraw the money that we were apprehended and handed over to EFCC,” he said.

The accused was denied bail by Justice Lawal Akapo on the grounds that he is a convicted criminal who jumped bail in Kano State and fled to Lagos.


http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/21872-how-pry-school-certificate-holder-duped-san

Inspite of all his education he still fell for such a cheap scam.

If it is not Africa Magic in play, that SAN nigga should be flogged.

Even my late great-grand father won't fall for a thousand naira scam any day, any time.

Certificate/grades dont determine intelligence

lalasticlala:
Inspite of all his education he still feel for such a cheap scam.

I don't think being learned is a surefire bet to help detect scam.

What you know, may be a whole new experience to someone else. Now that he has fallen a victim, he has added a shot of 'scam knowledge' to his 'archive'. And next time he will defo know how to tread.

Experience is a good teacher.

lalasticlala:
Inspite of all his education he still feel for such a cheap scam.

being smart has nothing to do with education

hmmm...nawa oo

lolz!!! If u get big eye(oju kokoro) for anytin, you wil surely fall victim of scamers!! Olee San

Greed is a great tool of motivation and You can't con an honest man. True you don't have to go to school to be wise or intelligent

Cos he is a SAN doesn't mean he can't fall for a scam.. If its that, na only people wey no go school yahoo boy go fit scam.

That's what happens when our education is guided by only read, cram and pass without doing something like quantitative and IQ reasoning.

chupcake:
Cos he is a SAN doesn't mean he can't fall for a scam.. If its that, na only people wey no go school yahoo boy go fit scam.

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Abii

greed .

Academic qualification doesn't translate to intelligence.

oga SAN u get 2.5m u still dey look for better job.... o.k. continue.
@O.P u fit help me ask oga SAN wether im don get im money back? make I give am better job.

SAN falling prey to such cheap trick

"Bushmeat don finally catch the hunter"

greed

FrancisTony:
That's what happens when our education is guided by only read, cram and pass without doing something like quantitative and IQ reasoning.

overhauling needed. I doubt FG is big enough to kickstart it. So bad.sensible post!

education is not everything now

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iceberylin:

teamup:
ok

kelechiMarie:
greed

dainformant:
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mightysolutions:

plainmirror:
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mcmukoko12:
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datguru:
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onihaxy:
Ok

Rilwayne001:

Nairaland WE GET MEETING BY 10PM

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FRANCE

Strange but true!!!! .

Our friends who schooled in france. Did something like this also happens in paris?. Because here in kuvuki-land. a SAN was also duped that way in 1914

So in summary, a nigerian lawyer was trying to pay bribe and get a job and was scammed in the process. This kind of things don't happen here in sydney

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'Common sense' is not common most times. A SAN with professional and educational pedigree fell for such cheap scam. SMH

Anyway the culprit should be reprimanded alongside the SAN for impersonation and bribery respectively. The SAN must not be spared.

Corruption and bribery is the trademark of giant of afrika.

common sense is not taught in schools because we were taught what to think and not HOW TO THINK

Only in Nigeria

Likes seriously this is the height of it.