According to reports, Uzoma tried to sell
seeds which turned out to be Garcinia Kola
(bitter kola), to one Indian identified as Anil
Mathur, for almost N10million.
According to Mathur, he met Uzoma on
social media and formed a friendship with
him. Uzoma later led him to believe he had
some special seeds which were grown only
in Nigeria, with benefits including a cure for
cough and AIDS. Uzoma also led him to
believe there was lots of profit to be made
from selling the cure for AIDS.
Uzoma sold 400gram packets to him at
N400,000 each, which is obtainable at just
N4,400 per kg in Nigeria.
Uzoma and his accomplices identified
as Taufiq Hussain, Fazal Ahmed Syed and
Yogesh Kumar Patil, were arrested after
police found the mobile phones used in
calling Mathur, 3 laptop computers, packets
of the bitter kola seeds and about
N1.9million in cash.
Here’s what a police spokesperson had to
say:
“We have arrested Eleazar and his Indian
agents, Taufiq Hussain, 47, a resident of
Panvel, Fazal Ahmed Syed, 28, and Yogesh
Kumar Patil, 31, from Navi Mumbai. All
accused have been remanded in police
custody till July 27 by a Thane court. We have
also seized around 10 mobile handsets using
which the accused called Mr. Mathur from
different numbers, three laptops, Rs 4.20 lakh
in cash and packets containing the seeds. We
have appealed to the victims to come forward
and register complaints against the accused.”
SOURCE: The Hindu
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