The businessman, Henry Ikeji, who was arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has denied allegations that he posed as a Dubai Crown Prince to defraud a Romanian woman.
An investigative report released by the National Cybercrime Centre had two months ago, named the businessman as defrauding the Romanian of $2.5million, leading to his arrest.
But in a press statement issued by his media adviser, Karen James on Tuesday, the businessman insisted that the arrest was a mistaken identity.
James said the EFCC investigation report showed that the businessman is not the culprit in the Dubai Crown Prince Impersonation scandal.
He asserted that findings from the commission’s own investigation do not support claims that he was involved in impersonating a Dubai royal.
He further clarified that while the EFCC traced a total of N155,186,500 to him, adding that the funds were legitimate proceeds from his business activities.
To support this claim, Ikeji reportedly presented a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) duly registered with a Notary Public in Nigeria as evidence of lawful transactions.
He expressed confidence that the matter would soon be resolved, noting that ongoing investigations appear to support Ikeji’s position.
She added that the businessman remains hopeful of being cleared of all allegations once the review is concluded.
The statement read in part, “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s investigation report shows he isn’t the culprit in the Dubai Crown Prince Impersonation scandal.
“Of all allegations linking him to a supposed Dubai Crown Prince case, only the sum of N155,186,500 million was traced to Mr Henry Nzube Ikeji, which he said is proceeds of his business.
“He also provided his MoU agreement registered with Notary Public of Nigeria, to show the genuineness of his business deals.”
