A
middle aged woman, Amina Mohammed also known as Justina Onuoha, has been
paraded by the Department of State Services for allegedly gaining entry into
the Presidential Villa posing as First Lady of Kogi State.
Onuoha
was said to have gained unauthorised access into the Villa and used the name
and office of the Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari to defraud unsuspecting
members of the public.
Public
Relations Officer, Peter Afunanya said this while parading the suspect at a
media briefing at the Service Headquarters, in Abuja, on Monday.
The
DSS spokesman told reporters that the suspect used more than one alias and
false identities to ply her trade.
He
said, “Amina Mohammed also known as Justina Oluoha, Amina Villa, had on
the November 22, 2017, paraded herself as the First Lady of Kogi State; she
used the false identity to invade protocol and scrutiny thus gaining
unauthorised access into the Villa and particularly the residence of the First
Lady and Wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari.
“She
took advantage of the fact that personalities as first ladies, ministers and
certain categories of officials are not taken through rigorous protocol and
security checks at the villa post.
“What
may even surprise you is that Amina, whose phone number is registered with the
name Amina Villa, had on the said date, invited one Dr. Alexander Chika Okafor,
also known as Chikason; into the Villa wherein she made him believe the
invitation was at the instance of the First Lady.”
The
DSS spokesperson further said, “Investigation has revealed that the First Lady
was away on lesser hajj and not in the Villa during the period. Dr.
Okafor had complained that he was fleeced of over N150m in respect of a Court
of Appeal property in Lagos which Amina had promised to help him buy through
the First Lady.
“The
property was said to have been part of those under the Presidential
implementation committee on lease of Federal Government property.”
According
to him, investigations have so far revealed that “this unholy enterprise” is
not to the knowledge of the First Lady.
He
explained that what the suspect simply did was use the First Lady’s name and
office to lure and defraud her victims.
The
service advised members of the public to be wary of individuals or groups who
dropped names and offices of high government officials to defraud them.
- Punch
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