A self-claimed football agent, Osagie Destiny Etinosa, has been arrested by the operatives of Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N11 million fraud.
The suspect, who was arrested through an open source intelligence, had been parading himself on Instagram account @ officialking _ etto. as a football agent who specialises in linking footballers with foreign clubs for trials and recruitment.
According to the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, who confirmed the arrest in a statement, Etinosa allegedly collected N11 million from one Samuel Beke Ohazuruike with the promise of securing trials for him in Romanian and Bulgarian clubs, which never happened.
Oyewale said that efforts made by the victim to recover his money proved abortive.
He added that the suspect would soon be arraigned in court.
