Police Arrest Lagos Socialite, Bolaji Esho Over N48m Fraud

Lagos socialite and darling of Fuji musicians, Bolaji Esho is currently cooling his heels at the Security Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, over a case of N48 million fraud.
Our Source exclusively gathered that the embattled socialite was picked up in the evening of Thursday, April 10, 2014, at his Yaba, Lagos based bar and immediately whisked away in hand cuffs.
We gathered that Esho’s arrest was due to a petition written to SIB by a Nigerian businessman based in Malaysia, Samson Ajani.

In his petition, Ajani claimed he gave Esho the sum of N48 million to assist him build a farm in Epe, Lagos since 2012.

But till date nothing had been done on the farm, except a small fence. He alleged that all efforts to get Esho to complete the project or even return his money met a brickwall. He disclosed that it got to a stage that Esho started threatening his life.
A police officer, who confirmed Esho’s arrest to our source but did not want his identity disclosed, said they took Esho and Ajani to the farm site at Epe on Friday, April 11 and saw that nothing had been erected on the land.

“My brother, we are still investigating. Once we conclude our investigations, Esho will be charged to court. Since his arrest, his friends in high places have been storming SIB and putting pressure on us to release him. As I speak to you, he is still in our custody and helping us with investigations.”
Meanwhile, we could not get a reaction from the PPRO, Lagos Command, Ngozi Braide, before publishing.

April 22, 2014