An Austrian based Nigerian, Benedict Ehiamentalor has petitionned the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of Zone 5 over an alleged fraud by high profile official of the palace of the Oba of Benin, Rowland Ogbebor and two other persons,
( Glory Otasowie
and Osaretin Otasiowe)
Ehiamentalor in a petition, he wrote through his lawyer, Samuel Abasilim ,alleged that Ogbebor and others collected N3.5m and yet did not give him the land he paid for
He claimed that he was to be given a 100ft by 200ft land along the Expressway by Eyaen to compensate for a friend he described as estranged lover who he said was plotting to seize the land where he was already erecting a building.
According to him,”weeks after the transaction was concluded the people became evasive and were no longer picking my calls. The trio has capitalized on the fact that I was in Nigeria for a brief period which was why they manipulated the whole scenario for me to travel back, hoping that it would be the endof the criminal deceit to obtain such a large sums of money from him.”
But reacting to the development, Ogbebor said the allegations were not true adding that the land is still there and has increased in value and that he had been invited by the police from AIG where he gave them his own side of the story.
According to him, “He (Ehiamentalor) went to the place and even said he liked it and took some trips of sand to the place and also cleared the place only for him to call me that the person he wanted to buy the land for doesn’t like the place and that he would want a refund and I asked was that part of our agreement? I don’t know the girl and you are the one buying and I am the one selling so the issue of the person not liking the place is not my business. I said you can keep the land and later you can sell it and get your money back.” he said
