It was the end of the road for a father of
two, who specialised in using social media
platforms, especially Facebook, to lure
gullible ladies to hotels, where he sedates,
rapes and dispossesses them of their
valuables.
The suspect, Oluwole Falaseye, 30, who
used the name Nipheme Ajanaku, usually
posed as an Abuja-based bank manager on
Facebook. After familiarising himself with
young ladies through regular chatting, he
would book for a meeting in a hotel in
Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin Local
Government Area of Lagos State.
This was how he hooked up with a lady
identified simply as Mercy and invited her
for a birthday party in Opera Hotel, at Rasaq
Junction, Festac Town, last Friday.
However, Mercy, a student of Polymer
Engineering at Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State,
had an engagement outside Lagos and sent
her cousin, Tinuke, who is also an
undergraduate of Public Administration at
The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, to
represent her.
Victim’s account
Narrating what transpired at the hotel,
Atinuke said: “While at the hotel room, he
demanded for my ATM pin, saying he
wanted to transfer N30,000 into my
account. I was initially skeptical, but gave
him because he said he was a bank
manager and that his boss owned the hotel.
“He offered me an alcoholic drink, but I
declined because I don’t take alcoholic
drinks. He offered me another, saying it was
not alcoholic. I took it. That was all I could
remember until I woke up to discover he
raped me.
“I was bitter, because he is not my boyfriend
and I never bargained for such violation. He
apologised and we went downstairs for the
supposed birthday. He later told me he was
going upstairs to see his boss.
“I waited endlessly without seeing him.
When I went to the room, I met the door
opened, with the key still with me. I was
shocked.
“I discovered that my phones, a Samsung
Galaxy S6 and another small phone, my
necklace, ATM card and my wristwatch were
gone. I went downstairs to inform the
receptionists about the development and
also asked if they saw him leaving.
“They said they do not keep tab on their
customers. I raised an alarm which
attracted people.”
She claimed that the suspect withdrew
N172,000 from her account. When news
reached Mercy, the girls planted a lady, who
reached the suspect on Facebook, in the
process of which he booked an appointment
with her at Festac, only to be arrested by
policemen.
Suspect’s account
Falaseye, the suspect, told Vanguard,
yesterday, that lack of funds to pay for his
three-year-old baby’s medical bill led him
into such dubious acts.
Falaseye, a secondary school drop-out, said:
“This is my first time of doing this. I sell
shoes and suits and I travel round Nigeria to
buy and sell. But business has been bad and
I didn’t have anybody to ask for money to
foot my three-year-old baby’s hospital bill.
“So I just figured out that I could meet the
girl I have been chatting with and take her
phone to sell. Yes I stole her items.
“I told her to wait in the bar, while I went to
the room, took her items and fled. I sold her
phone for N20,000.”
The suspect, according to Lagos State
Commissioner for Police, Fatai Owoseni,
would be charged to court soon, even as he
warned Lagosians to be wary of his likes.
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