Couple Defraud Businessman By Lying That His Late Son Has A Child Alive (PHOTO)

A couple in the coal city has fallen into police net for worsening the

trauma of Benjamin Eneje, a

businessman, whose 28-year-old son, Paschal Eneje, was murdered in

cold blood, very close to his house, on April 19, 2014, at Nsude, Udi Local

Government Area, Enugu State.

In January this year, Okechukwu Emeka, 37, cooked up a story and sent a

text message to Eneje with intent, as the police alleged, to deceive and

extort money from him, by claiming that he knew the person who killed his

son, adding that the killer was residing in Uwani, Enugu city. In the text

message, he pretended to be a woman and told the grieving father that

before Paschal was gruesomely murdered, he had impregnated "her" and

that "she" later gave birth to a baby boy, who was already four months

old. Seeing a glimmer of good coming out of the sad end of his only son,

Eneje was excited at the prospect of getting some comfort from nurturing

his grandson. So he requested that a picture of the child be sent to him.

Promptly, Emeka sent a picture of his own four-month-old son, through

Whatsapp to Eneje, who requested to discuss with the supposed mother of

his late son's child. Quickly, Emeka recruited his wife, 35-year-old

Destiny, to act as the lady, who was impregnated by late Paschal and

mother of the boy.

Emeka called Eneje and passed the phone to his wife, who regaled the

heartbroken man with a convincing tale of how she met and fell in love

with his son. She spoke glowingly about Paschal and the baby boy. The

spider web tale apparently touched the man and he agreed to provide to

her with financial support, to care for his "grandson." From that day, the

couple began to push him for money.

In a chat with Sunday Sun, Eneje narrated his encounter with the couple,

which corroborated what the couple said. He added: "I believed what the

lady told me. I thanked her letting me know the story. And I promised to

take care of her and the baby boy. I even connected her to my wife in

London. She began to chat with my wife on Whatsapp."

My wife asked for a picture of the baby boy, which was sent to her in

London, through Whatsapp. At this point, they made a request for

N500,000 for the upkeep of the baby boy. We agreed and I sent them

N350,000 naira.

Later, I asked the woman to bring the baby to Enugu, for us to see him.

She said I should send them money for air-tickets. At this point, I became

suspicious and reported the matter to Enugu State Commissioner of Police,

Mr Mohammed Adamu and detectives from the command started trailing

them."

Adamu told Sunday Sun that his men eventually laid ambush for them in

Port Harcourt. And then moved to arrest them on September 23, 2015, at

Rumuigbo, a suburb of the garden city. Eneje said he was shocked to the

marrow when he saw the suspects.

His words: "When they were fetched and I saw them, I was shocked to

see that the husband of the woman was Okechukwu Emeka, a staff

working in my oil service firm."

When Okechukwu Emeka spoke with Sunday Sun, he confessed to the

crime. His wife added that she and her husband used the money they got

from Eneje to meet their living expenses and pay their children's school

fees. As their cookie had crumbled, the couple have been begging Eneje to

forgive them, lamenting that poverty and greed led them into the alleged

crime.

However, the police boss has assured that the couple would have a day in

court soon.

*Fetched means arrested or nabbed