Fraud: Lagos pastor arrested over N3 million car scam

Rev. Praise Bassey of the Household of Destiny church in Ajao Estate, Lagos has been arrested by the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba, for allegedly duping a contractor of N3m. It was said that Bassey, who runs his church from his three-bedroom apartment at Gani Dabiri Street collected the money in 2010 promising to use it to buy the contractor a 1X35 Hyundai car. Two years on, Bassey can neither provide the car nor refund the money. A police source reportedly told Punch news that the contractor got acquainted with Bassey in 2010 when he visited her home in the company with a family friend. “I learnt that Bassey informed the contractor that he lived in Korea and was into the car import business,” the source said. According to reports, several months later, the contractor allegedly called to ask Bassey the price of a 1X35 Huyundai jeep. “Bassey told the contractor that the cost of the car was N3m. She was to pay the amount into his Zenith bank account. After the money was paid, Bassey became evasive.”