Media Statement from Directorate of Priority Crimes Investigation (HAWKS)
South African Police Service

Northern Cape - Two Nigerian suspects have appeared at the Upington Magistrate’s Court on Monday on a charge of fraud. Steven Oluwole Ogunyemi and Mark NNamdi Onochie both ages between 40 and 55 were arrested in separate days between 1 and 8 June in Gauteng.

They allegedly defrauded a 44-year-old woman of all her pension money worth R1.5 million. The duo allegedly promised to get her a better job in Germany and further instructed her to resign her current job. She gullibly complied and resigned as a government employee, financial clerk administrator, further deposited all her pension money to their count as instructed. The incident happened between April and May 2015.

Steven Oluwole Ogunyemi and Mark NNamdi Onochie were traced and arrested after they could not fulfil their promise. They are expected to appear at Upington Magistrate’s Court on 20 June 2016 for bail application. 

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