Nigerian Bride Deceives Her 60 Friends After Selling Fabric Of GH₵826 To Them, Migrates To Canada
- Using the tag 'wedding' as a cover-up, a Nigerian bride pulled a fast one on her 60 unsuspecting friends.
- The story goes that she sold her wedding fabric and hand fans at GH₵826 to each of them ahead of her 'wedding'
- When they arrived at the location she had given them, they discovered she had tricked them into parting with their money
An X user, @AkiMarlin, narrated how a vendor plies her trade around Imo State University, Owerri (IMSU) deceived about 60 of her friends.
In a now-viral narration on X, @AkiMarlin said the vendor sold wedding fabric materials and handed fans to 60 of her friends ahead of her wedding.
She sold the hand fan and wedding fabric materials at GH₵137 and GH₵689, respectively. @AkiMarlin added that she gave them the hotel location where the bridal shower will be held.
When the unsuspecting friends arrived at the hotel, they could not find her.
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The next day, they discovered she had migrated to Canada and wasn't getting married. @AkiMarlin wrote:
"So this lady sold Asoebi to about 60 of her friends for 50k each &hand fan 10k.
"She gave bridal location at a hotel.
"Some of her friends came there &she wasn’t there.
"Long story short she flew to Canada the next day,there was actually no wedding.
"She’s a popular vendor around IMSU."
See the tweet below:
Mixed reactions trailed the incident
@OloriebiINvogue said:
"She no give them the material and she gave them bridal location? Which cloth Dey wan wear for the wedding?"
@Tontocj said:
"What in the worlddd?!
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"She burnt bridges, just to fly out.. lol.
"She'd need em someday."
@Irunnia_ said:
"Everyone talking about the scam and here i am wondering how she got 60 friends.
"I can barely maintain 10."
@FunmiKolz said:
"So no pictures of the couples or anything? They just handed 60k to her like that?"
@UncleMohamz said:
"She no drop pictures of wedding? Or invitation cards? And they sent money like that?"
@Blisssonn said:
"Even the prices of the asoebi is ridiculous or am i too broke?"
@Ebere_Ayoka said:
"They should write to the Canadian authorities. She scammed them. She would be made to pay every cent."
Ghanaian lady gets scammed GH¢9,500 after she tried ordering GH¢500 food from Pizzaman
Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh previously reported how a Ghanaian woman fell victim to a scam by someone posing as an employee of Pizzaman Chickenman.
She intended to place a GH¢500 order but was tricked into transferring GH¢9,500 via a fake mobile money prompt.
The incident left her unable to send her children to school, prompting her to report the scam to the police and call on Pizzaman Chickenman to take responsibility.
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