Charles Osaigbovo and Evans Obayaedo have been arrested for impersonating Nigerian actor and movie producer, Fredrick Leonard.The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
They were nabbed following a petition written by a British national against Leonard.The petitioner alleged that she met Leonard on the social media platform, TikTok, and later became lovers.She also alleged that Leonard approached her with a proposal to invest in a film production.
According to her, a sum of £38,000 was transferred to the suspects as investment in the purported film production however petitioned the EFCC after she realized she had been duped and all efforts to recover her money yielded no result. 
Investigations revealed that the suspects, who were later arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State, had been impersonating Leonard to defraud unsuspecting people on social media.EFCC’s spokesman Wilson Uwujaren, who confirmed the development, assured that the suspects will be charged to court once the investigation is concluded.
