How suspected fraudsters disguised as assassins to eliminate journalist unless given ₦20m
The founder of Penpushing Media, Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji, has narrated a horrifying encounter with suspected fraudsters disguised as assassins following threats to his life and requests for ₦20 million to spare his life.
According to a statement from the media organisation, the gang, led by a member who identified himself as Femi Poly, at about 7.30am, put a phone call across to the journalist that they had been assigned to eliminate him but had a rethink on carrying out the operation.
“We have your photograph. We were assigned by somebody close to you to kill you, but we observed that you are an elderly man and decided not to carry out the assignment but to reach out to you if you can offer us a million”, the suspects said.
The gang, operating with mobile phone numbers +2349036869898 and +2348080858130, when asked who their sponsor was and what the reason given to them to warrant the assignment to finish the journalist, said he would be provided the information after paying them the ₦20million demanded.
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“The person is your close associate, who told us he had issues with you, but can you keep it to yourself if we reveal the identity, which we shall do after payment of the ₦20 million?” the suspects said.
When the journalist told them he had no such amount, the gang said they would reduce the amount to ₦500,000, and after telling them he could also not afford such an amount, the suspects further reduced it to ₦150,000.
The journalist again told them that he could not also raise the ₦150,000 immediately and that he had ₦10,000 as at the time of the conversation, the gang said he should send the ₦10,000 as part-payment, and immediately they provided an access bank account with number 0002884692 with the name Aminu Adamu.
Meanwhile, the journalist, however, said he had informed the police of the development, adding that as of the time of filing this report, police authorities have commenced an investigation into the matter.
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