Nigerian in court over fake wedding scam

Lagos: A Nigerian man who allegedly conned an Australian pensioner out of USD 90,000 in an online dating scam has appeared in court charged with deception, the country’s anti-graft agency said today. “The man was brought to court in Ibadan yesterday for conspiracy and obtaining the sum of USD 90,000 from an Australian woman under false pretence,” Wilson Uwujaren, of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told AFP. (AFP)