Oladeji and Omotayo Henry N555m: Friends of the couple give their version of the story

Few days ago, a picture of a couple was posted by EFCC on their Eagle Online page and to several online newspapers, claiming Omotayo Henry and her husband Oladeji Henry allegedly stole over 500 million naira and we’re being arraigned in court.

This action is damaging to their reputation, especially when they have not been proven guilty. We live in a country where anything can be posted irrespective of the damage that can be done to affected parties.

Omotayo and Oladeji did not steal any of the things mentioned by EFCC as court proceedings will show as the days go by.

This is the real story behind the issue;

Omotayo Henry used to be a staff member of Zenith bank and she worked with their Akute Branch for close to 10 years. Ever punctual and efficient, not once did she ever have a case of fraud or negligence on her file all throughout her meritorious service.

Sometime in December 2017, her husband’s brother by name Semawon (Semmy) Abiodun Henry claimed he knew how to trade in the Cryptocurrency market, being a conservative person, Omotayo was reluctant about it, but after much discussion, she ventured to put up some capital with him.

As time went on, some of her colleagues at the Akute branch got to know about it and decided to also give it a try. Month in month out, Semawon kept delivering for them.

Some of the branch staff even went as far as convincing and collecting bank customer’s monies into the trades, without informing Omotayo, as they believed it could yield better income for them. They also begged to have the trader’s account domiciled in their branch as it has become a branch business. Some even transferred directly to the trader’s btc wallet.

At some point, Omotayo resigned from the bank after 10 years of hard work and decided to pursue other interests while Semawon kept trading for them all.

However, like many online businesses in Nigeria, Semawon started defaulting on payments. It came to an end in December 2018 when he could no longer pay anyone. Panic ensued, people’s monies were trapped. Semawon gave promises of recovery and set several dates to repay but never did.

On April 2019, Semawon absconded. All efforts to use various law enforcement agencies to apprehend him proved abortive. At this point, Omotayo colleagues and her husband colleagues ganged up against them and reported to EFCC that they stole their money.

See also Semawon’s message to investors here;

Mind you, Omotayo and her husband Oladeji’s money were heavily invested also in the whole saga, but out of vindictiveness and wickedness, these colleagues wrote all sorts of various lies to get the couple arrested simply because they introduced them to the business. Some even claimed they never earned from the business while they had made over 100% of profit.

The matter has also been reported to Zenith Bank head office and will be escalated to CBN for investigations to be made and more evidence of the cover up to be exposed. Eventually they will all be published so everything can be clearer.

The matter published by EFCC is now in court as said earlier, evidences of all transactions and communications will be presented to the court so everyone will know what transpired and how heartless and wicked people are when it comes to money issues.

…True friends of Omotayo and Oladeji