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Ekiti loan saga: Unmasking fleeing scammers
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•We won’t leave any stone unturned Govt
•We’ve launched an investigation Police
By Rotimi Ojomoyela
FOR Ekiti State government, it is a race against time to unmask the fraudsters that stole into the state like the proverbial thief in the night, fleecing many of their hard-earned money and disappeared into thin air, leaving behind wailing, tears, sorrow and gnashing of teeth.
Over 1000 Ekiti indigenes had fallen prey to scammers and risk having a bleak Christmas, unless the state government waves the magic wand, arrest the fleeing fraudsters, recovers victims’ money and put them behind bars.
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Fifty-year-old Mrs Toyin Kazeem is sad at the moment. The mother of four who sells firewood and grinds pepper to fend for herself and family members told
Sunday PUNCH that she had been put out of business by swindlers who scammed her and other victims in the guise of granting them loans to grow their businesses.
Kazeem was among traders and artisans in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, and environs duped of their monies by alleged conmen who operated under the Atlas Initiative Scheme Investment.
Although the victim could not ascertain the exact number of those defrauded by the thrift company, she said over 1000 traders and artisans were in attendance at a seminar organised by the fraudsters.