Sahara Reporters
Rhoda, the wife of Nigerian lawmaker representing Ondo East/Ondo West Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Abiola Peter Makinde, has lost $100,000 (about N40 million in 2018) in a non-existent Chromite business deal introduced to her by a clergyman and a gospel musician.
The Nigerian pastor, Apostle Olawale Philip Ilesanmi, who is the Founder of Call of Salvation and Deliverance Ministries, Brentwood, Maryland, United States, together with gospel artiste, Agboola Shadare, convinced Rhoda to invest the huge amount of money in the Chromite business in South Africa with a projected mouth-watering return on investment monthly.
The Ondo lawmaker’s wife was told that she could rake in at least $70,000 monthly from the deal and that the business will run for as long as possible.
Chromite, an oxide mineral belonging to the spinel group and containing magnesium, iron, aluminium, and Cr, is used to induce hardness, toughness and chemical resistance in steel, according to sciencedirect.com and Wikipedia.
The brownish-black mineral is found in huge quantities in South Africa and has a high market value, especially following rising demand for the item by the day.
Rhoda, who attends Ilesanmi’s church together with Shadare, after being swept away by the projected return on investment in the deal, decided to finally put in an initial sum of $100,000 in the fake business believing that it was legitimate since two respected ministers in her church were the ones introducing it to her.
Wow, I can’t believe that he tricked her into doing this.