Following an urgent petition by a real estate company, INTERPOL has commenced investigation and frozen the assets of one Odupaye Abimbola Joseph on grounds of alleged fraud.

Odupaye Abimbola Joseph and her company, Tigers Property LLC have been charged before a Nassarawa Chief Magistrates for allegedly obtaining N457 million under false pretences.

Other respondents in the suit number M/185/2024 were some Nigerian banks and Toluwani Gideon Olisa.

The petitioner, through his counsel, Mr David Njoku, said that the real estate company paid the sum of N467 million to Joseph and her company for the purchase of four ( one bedroom units) of what they claimed to be their Regina Tower Project in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Njoku submitted that his client brought a total number of five investors who signified interest to the purchase of the purported property and committed the total sum of N467 million and 300,500 US dollar to Josephs account.

The lawyer said that his client, having parted with the huge sum, was unable to obtain the property paid for and Joseph, still at large with the investors fund.

It is our humble view that our client, alongside the investors, have been defrauded by Abimbola Joseph and Tigers Property LLC.

Many other innocent citizens will be subjected to same if the matter is not urgently addressed, he said.

Chief Magistrate Abdulsalam Abubakar on Jan.19 ordered that upon the motion ex-parte moved by one Mr Aminu Abubakar and upon the affidavit deposed to by ASP Ajulo Raphael of (Interpol) Force CID Annex Lagos and a number of Nigerians banks should furnish the Commissioner of Police (Interpol)of the account details of Toluwani Gideon Olisa and Odupaye Abimbola Joseph. (Daily Independent)