By Adenike Lawal
The long arm of the law has caught up with two top suspects in a sweeping crackdown on cyber and financial crimes, as Nigeria’s INTERPOL unit arraigned Canadian national Robert Harms and Nigerian citizen Okeke Ogechi Njaka in separate high-profile cases.
Harms, accused of duping Tepison Enterprises in Akwa Ibom of two hundred and ten thousand dollars through a fake Canadian investment scheme, was nabbed at Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport while attempting to flee to Canada.
Investigations revealed he forged loan documents and funneled the money through a Bureau de Change operator to Dubai.
He is now remanded at the Uyo Custodial Centre, with his next court appearance set for May twenty.
Njaka, a fugitive previously declared wanted, was re-arrested in Abuja after skipping bail. She faces charges of cyberstalking, defamation, and fraud.
Her NGO, Ogechi Helping Hands Foundation, is also under investigation for allegedly scamming the public out of over four hundred and fifty million naira in the name of medical aid.
Njaka’s case is being heard today at the Federal High Court in Abuja alongside other co-defendants.
The Nigerian INTERPOL NCB says the arrests mark a bold step in the nation’s rising efforts to clamp down on complex transnational crime networks.
