From Godwin Tsa Abuja
A Taiwanese investor in Nigeria, Ivy Hung, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the recovery of an alleged $1.1m fraud suffered by her company, Polleen Corporation.
Ivy Hung lamented that all attempts to bring the fraudster to justice over the $1,164,646 fraud has proved abortive, alleging complicity on the part of the nation’s investigation and security agencies.
She specifically accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Police of compromise.
In her words: “Do you know that at a time when we invited the DSS, I even went to beg a senior official in the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), who kept telling me to talk to the DSS DG or a director.”
She pleaded with the Federal Government to protect the human rights of foreign investors in the country to avoid being discouraged from investing more.
She said her company had between 2006 and 2017 supplied goods to Sahara Tooling Ltd, but they refused to pay back the amount, which now stands at $1,164,646.
She described Polleen Corporation as an experienced investor company from Taiwan, based in Nigeria for many years, doing business and supporting the Federal Government’s quest for direct foreign investment.
Narrating her ordeal to journalists in Abuja, she said: “Sahara Tooling Ltd, a company registered with No. 5 Winning Street, Asaba, Delta with RC Number: 1232007, received goods from our company, Polleen Corporation, on credit basis.
“After they sold the shipment, they refused to pay us the money for the products, but instead, allegedly diverted the money to personal use by investing some of the money in a transport company, African Eagle Multi-Transport Services Limited.”
The Taiwanese investor said they had in mid 2017 petitioned the EFCC after which the alleged fraudster was apprehended for allegedly defrauding their company, Polleen Cooperation, to the tune of $1,164,646, but was later let off the hook.”
She wondered why the EFCC let him off the hook, alleging that the operatives had been compromised.
“Everybody has been compromised. The issue is racial discrimination we have in this country.
“I know this took place under the Buhari regime. I know there is a new government under Tinubu and we have a new EFCC chairman now. We even have a new NSA.
“I am a foreigner. I wanted to see Ribadu, but do you know how much people around him asked for?
“Last week, we went to the EFCC and asked to see our original cheque. You need to see how they embarrassed us.
“All these Nigerian big men, because you were once a DIG or AIG, you use your power to mount pressure on the IPO; you just didn’t want him to do justice,” the Taiwanese investor lamented.