Over 4 yrs, Nigerian tortured Vasai girlfriend, conned her of Rs 50 lakh

She may have been wracked by four years of torment and deception from her Nigerian boyfriend but 35yearold Sarah Warner has still got the fight in her The spunky Vasai resident has been travelling across continents to see to it that her Nigerian boyfriend is clapped behind bars after he allegedly duped her of more than 85000 Rs 50 lakh and subjected her to physical and mental violence over a sustained timeAlso read Nigerian man cons woman into believing they are legally married rapes and blackmails herLove lost Sarah was employed with an aviation company as ground staff at the Mumbai airport in 2010 when she came in contact with Osas IduborInterpol in Nigeria too is hot on the trail of the accused Osas Spencer Idubor 43 but despite a lsquored alertrsquo issued for his old passport which expired on January 9 2014 Osas gave them the slip Currently he is believed to be in Mumbai or Delhi allegedly using a fake passport Sarah who grew up in Dubai and is determined to see him brought to justice found out that he has given her and the authorities the slip by changing his passport Whatrsquos worse he now has got himself another unsuspecting Indian girlfriend she saysSarah fears for her life and is under tremendous stress as she continues to get phone calls from Osas through Voice Over Internet Protocol VOIP At the direction of the Indian High Commission in Lagos she visited the Foreigner Regional Registration Office FRRO Mumbai recently to seek their assistance but was instructed to approach the local Manikpur police station in Thane rural where she has already submitted a written complaintA drawnout conSarah was employed with an international aviation company as a ground staff at the Mumbai airport in 2010 when she came in contact with Osas Idubor at a common friendrsquos place in Andheri Osas told her he was an importexport businessman and soon after they started seeing each otherAlso read Nigerian fraudsters duping victims with lottery schemesFighting for justice Sarah Warner said Osas Idubor was heavily into drinking and smoking weed not only did she give him 60000 for the hostel construction scheme but also bore all his sundry expenses during his stay in India he even stole her Forex ATM card and withdrew more money PicRane AshishldquoHe said that he was an undergraduate and a student unionist who had fled the repressive regime in Nigeria which was out to kill him because of his vocal opposition to the governmentrdquo Sarah told midday ldquoWe decided to live together and he started introducing me to business plans and proposals saying I would benefit immensely by investing money One such proposal was that I provide money for a students hostel in Ekosodin Benin city Edo state Nigeria and that we would settle there after the hostel was readyrdquo she saidAlso read Nigerian conman arrested duping mechanical engineer of Rs 15 lakhSarah continued ldquoIn the course of time apart from taking care of all his expenses during his stay in India I had given him over 60000 for the hostelrsquos construction but he had been transferring this money to the bank account of his parents Regina and SalieurdquoOn March 11 2011 at the time Sarah was pregnant Osas left for Nigeria on the pretext of checking up on the hostel project On reaching there he sent her pictures of an incomplete building and asked her for more money which she agreed to pay But soon after Osas severed contact with her and she began suspecting that he was cheating on her When she confronted him he invited her to visit him in Nigeria and see for herselfSarah delivered her child Nicol on September 17 2011 but two months later she contracted pneumonia and jaundice and succumbed Out in the open A year after her childrsquos death on December 20 2012 Sarah flew to Nigeria hoping to meet Osas and take a look at the construction At the airport there Osas sent a friend to pick her up and take her to a hotel Three days later he met her at the hotel room where he allegedly stole her Forex ATM card and withdrew about 700000 nairas Nigerian currency But she came to know of it only a week later by which time both Osas and his friend went missingShe said ldquoA complaint was lodged with the local Elere police and Osas was arrested but released on bail after his father provided surety Then he apologised to me for all his mistakes so I retracted the complaintrdquo said SarahShe however still did not suspect that Osas and his family were cheating her with her investment the hostel that was to be registered in her name was constructed but in the name of Osasrsquo mother Regina When she confronted him Osas and his parents threatened her Regina apparently told her ldquoGo back home we are black people you are in our country We will finish you and you will never be able to see your brother or even return to your countryrdquo Sarah fights backIn a petition dated July 15 2013 copy with this paper addressed to a Nigerian police commissioner lsquoDrsquo Department FCID Sarahrsquos barrister in Lagos U D Onwuekwe Esq complained that Osas and his parents had obtained Sarahrsquos money under pretence and threatened her Based on the complaint the probe was handed over to Deputy Inspector of Police by the Nigerian policersquos Inspector Generalrsquos office The police substantiated Sarahrsquos claims and arrested Regina and Salieu while Osas who confessed to taking her money was absconding Sarah said that during the course of investigations the police found that Regina operated three bank accounts of which one was Zenith Bank in Nigeria Her closing balance as on May 31 2013 was 543955 nairas and most transactions were transfer of funds from Osas which was in fact Sarahrsquos moneyAfter they paid Sarah the first installment the duo was released on the condition that Regina would pay 5000 to Sarah every month until the debt was clearedBut soon after being let off Regina stopped paying the installments The local police then approached Interpol Nigeria who issued a red alert against Regina and OsasAssistant Commissioner of Police Interpol Michael Osho directed the Force Intelligence Bureau in Lagos to extract Osasrsquos mobile details And it was found that while Regina had managed to flee to Cyprus in Europe Osas was in IndialdquoI want justice I want to see to it that Osas is arrested and put behind bars I have lost everything because of him and he has to return my moneyrdquo Sarah firmly stated