This is certainly not the best of times for a Nigerian lady based in the United States of America, Miss Veronica Okwara, who has accused an inspector in the Nigeria Police, Anthony Chukwu of defrauding her of N9 million under the false pretence of marrying her.
Veronica, a medical director (administration) in North Carolina USA, had thought the romance between her and Chukwu was genuine only for her to discover that her lover merely played some pranks by hiding his wife in Nigeria to be married to her in United States.
She alleged that Chukwu, attached to the ‘X’ Squad Section, Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Lagos, having succeeded in luring her into a fake marriage, converted the proceeds from the sale of vehicles and other imported items she asked him to sell on her behalf to his personal use.
Narrating her ordeal in a petition to the Inspector General of Police, a copy of which was made available to LEADERSHIP, Veronica said she returned to Nigeria on vacation sometime in 2010 when a member of her staff bolted with one of her trucks worth N3.8 million and it was while making efforts to recover her truck that she met the police officer who was then attached to the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the police in Ikoyi, Lagos to handle the case.
Veronica said Chukwu who was then a sergeant arrested her run-away staff and recovered the truck for her and dazed by his astuteness and ability to combat crime, they became friends after the case, the relationship blossomed and Chukwu later proposed to her and she agreed to marry him.
Veronica said she fell into his trap and took him to the USA where they wedded at the North Carolina County Court Marriage Registry but later discovered that Chukwu was still married but planned with his wife to hide her and their three children at Oworonsoki area of Lagos in order to marry her.
The embattled woman said being her husband, she told him about her plans to import cars and other goods to Nigeria for sale and he agreed to r help her sell them and remit the money back to her.
She listed the items to include one Toyota Sienna wagon, one Toyota 4 Runner, one Nissan Pathfinder, one Toyota Sequoia, one Honda CRV and 25 laptop computers.
Veronica alleged that Chukwu sold the items and converted the proceeds for his personal use.
It was gathered that on receiving the petition, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, ordered the Interpol to investigate the matter.
When contacted by newsmen on phone, Chukwu said he knew the lady in question and admitted that the matter was being investigated by the Interpol.
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