His real name is Andy Teddy Edward. But to some prospective models, he is known as Ibim Noah. He is described as a master’s degree holder and a smooth talker, who, for years was alleged to have successfully robbed different women using a fictitious modelling recruitment agency platform.
Posing as a modelling agent, he would invite the ladies for auditioning and then rob them of their cars and valuables at gunpoint. He was said to always be in military camouflage in bid to further confuse his victims.
He ran out of luck when his latest victim, simply identified as Onyinye, whom he robbed of her Lexus RX330 SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) and several valuables worth millions of naira lodged a complained at the police station.
Acting on the petition by Onyinye, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi deployed operatives of the command’s Special Squad who fished him out after several weeks of intensive manhunt.
Most of his victims told the police that they got his contact through an Instagram account known as amazingqueenadams.
Benjamin Hundeyin, a Superintendent of Police and spokesman of the command, said further investigation led to the recovery of one Ford Edge SUV with registration number KRD 276 EG, one sewing machine, one POS machine with six SIM cards, two pairs of military camouflage uniform, and one number plate – AFL 469 GD, in the suspect’s house.
The suspect has been arraigned in court and more of his victims are coming out.
I was simply smart not armed
At the police station, Edward who resides at Olayinka Jumbo Street, in Ikorodu, Lagos claimed that he simply convinced the ladies to part with their money without applying much pressure with gun.
Said he: “I am a native of Cross River but raised in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. I am married with a child. I read Computer Science for my first degree and Electrical and Electronic Engineering for my master’s degree. My father is a retired military man and since there was not much happening in PH, I decided to relocate to Lagos State in 2020. Things were not as expected, so I had no choice but to use my computer skills to help myself. I started scamming girls through fake modelling contracts. I do not have a gun; I simply scammed them through words of mouth.
“I created an Instagram account claiming to be a woman and the owner of the agency. I wooed them with the opportunity to be the brand ambassador of top organisations in Nigeria, a three-bedroom apartment and new car. As soon as they get in-touch in with me through the account, I will refer them to an agent and they will call the number which is mine. They will be expected to pay N80,000 to create an account on the modelling site. I collect as low as N25,000 if I discover that the applicant looks poor.”
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