*Police, Sexual Agency Intervene
By David Orji
A car dealer, Adedara Oriyomi Gbenga has been accused of threatening to release the nude photos of his client, Oluwasanmi Timilehin’s sister if he does not stop demanding for the refund of his balance of N12m said to be for a car importation deal between them.
Timilehin had exposed the car dealer, Gbenga in a post on his X handle where he revealed how he entered into a contractual agreement with Gbenga to bring into the country a Mercedes Benz car but breached the contract.
The accuser said the 6m is the balance of a N12m he had paid to Gbenga for him to bring into Nigeria a Mercedes Benz car.
Revealing how he knew the said car dealer, Timilehin said he had known him through his sister whom he used to date.
“This guy used to date my elder sister and I knew him through her. They’ve broken up over two years ago. He texted me this morning and is threatening to release explicit pictures of her if I don’t take down the post,” he alleged in his post on X
In a petition filed against Mr. Adedara titled ‘PRE ACTION NOTICE OF THE BREACH OF CONTRACT AND REQUEST FOR REFUND OF 6,084,000 (Six Million, Eighty-Four Thousand Naira)’ Mr. Oluwasanmi accused the other party of failing to deliver the car as promised.
The petition filed on the client’s behalf by The Cloud Attorneys, recalled that “sometime in March 2022, our client Oluwasanmi reached out to you on WhatsApp via your phone number (+2348065251910) for the purchase of a Mercedes Benz ML 350 4matic 2013 and within that period till sometime in May, you received a total payment of 12,400,000 from our Client through your Guaranty Trust Bank account number 0226123740 and First Bank account number 3115780096. You also promised to deliver the car in June 2022.
“Before the agreed date of delivery, our Client received a call from you sometime in May that the car had been delivered ahead of the agreed date.”
“The below, however, captures the fraudulent and criminal misrepresentation where you initially misrepresented yourself as a car seller/dealer to our client, thereby deceiving him into sending you money for a refurbished car.
“i) The period when the car was delivered happened to be when the Federal Government of Nigeria had increased the tariff on imported cars by almost 100%.
“ii) Our client was supposed to clear the car with a sum of N1,800,000 instead, based on the tariff increment he was requested to pay the sum of N 3,500,000 which was out of his budget and asked you to hold on as he needed time to complete the payment.
“iii) In the process of holding on, our Client kept getting calls and messages from you, asking him to clear the car immediately, or else it might be vandalized, this led to you paying the clearance fee while waiting for our Client to reimburse you.
“iv) Our client was taken aback when he started hearing complaints that you have been spending money on the car. Our Client did not find it funny that you sold a refurbished car to him.
“v) After refurbishing the car, you sold it without the knowledge of our Client and opted to refund him. A total of $10,000 in Bitcoin (with the naira equivalent of N5,700,000.00) as the initial refund payment, then the sum of N1,800,000 as the second payment making a total of N7,500,000.
“vi) It is also our Client’s brief that sometime in 2021, you reached out to him to help credit your Bitcoin wallet with a total amount of $1,600 which you never refunded to get this day. We understand that the total sum received by you for the car is N12,400,000.00 and the balance yet to be paid is N4,900,000 together with the $1,600 earlier borrowed in 2021 with the current conversion rate, we understand the later sum to be N1,168,000.00 making a total amount of N6,084,000.00 payable to our Client.
“vii) Our Client made payment in good faith before the delivery of the car
“viii) We need not remind you of the nature of the agreement entered into with our client, nor do we need to remind you of the obligations and duties expected of you as a supposed car seller/dealer
“ix) The continuous hide-and-seek games and disappointment you have been playing with our client since the supposed delivery date has given our Client no other impression than the fact that you intend to swindle him of his hard-earned money.”
Oluwasanmi had earlier reported the incident to Lagos State Sexual and Domestic Violence Agency after alleging that the Nigerian police said he should bring N1m to track him.
“Ever since the incident he has ghosted me and all efforts to reach him have proven futile, if anyone knows his whereabouts or knows how he can be reached, please reach out to me,” he had claimed in his post.
Oluwasanmi said he has reported to various agencies including, the ICPC which acknowledged his petition but has failed to do anything.
On Friday, December 1, Timilehin revealed in another post on his X handle saying “He woke me up this morning calling me like a deranged maniac, and started saying all sorts of, then he started threatening me to release images of my elder sister whom he used to date.”