ABUJA
- Nigerian police on Monday said they had arrested a 28-year-old man
wanted in connection with the death of an Australian woman and for
defrauding her of $90,000 in an online dating scam.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) told AFP that Orowo Jesse Omokoh was arrested on January 28 in Nigeria, without stating where exactly.
The
graduate, who attended the University of Ibadan, in the southwest of
the country, will be brought before court for extradition proceedings, a
spokesman said.
Omokoh
is alleged to have struck up a fake online romance with Jette Jacobs,
but five days after he moved to Johannesburg, South Africa, to meet her
in February last year, she was found dead.
Some of her valuables were missing and Omokoh had returned to Nigeria.
"The
South African police, which is investigating the mysterious death, are
suspicious that Omokoh has a hand in the demise of Jacobs," the EFCC
said.
The
organization, which investigates money-laundering and online scams,
said Australian Federal Police informed officers in March that Omokoh
had allegedly defrauded Jacobs of $90,000.
Jacobs,
a grandmother from Western Australia, reportedly sent tens of thousands
of dollars to Nigeria during her four-year "romance" with a man known
as "Jesse", according to Australian media.
The 67-year-old is said to have previously met him in Johannesburg in 2010 without incident.
Her
body was found on February 9. The EFCC said Omokoh had given "useful"
information and "efforts are on to track his accomplices".
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