How I was accused of doing a fake transfer and almost burnt alive one month before my wedding in PH – Female lawyer

A young lawyer, Oluchi Ebere, has narrated how she was falsely accused of doing a fake transfer and assaulted in Port Harcourt barely a month before her wedding.

In a video she posted on her social media platform, TikTok, Ebere said she had just recovered enough confidence to share the traumatic experience which happened about a month ago.

According to her, she had some work to do at home, so she went to the filling station to get fuel.

But by the time she got there, the station had closed for the day, and she was returning home when black market sellers of fuel invited her to buy from them.

Ebere said she had only N5000 on her, but she needed about N7000 for the black market fuel.

She said she paid the seller some cash and transferred the balance to the account she provided.

About a month later, she said she needed fuel again and went to the filling station to buy the fuel and was returning when a woman accosted her and accused her of buying fuel some weeks back without paying.

Ebere recalled that the lady made enough noise to attract the attention of passersby and area boys who were eager to assault her.

She said that in fright, she quickly told the woman to tell her how much the fuel was so she could pay, but that the woman continued to abuse her, calling her a thief.

When she realised being reconciliatory might get her killed, she changed tactics and challenged the woman to provide more evidence about the alleged crime she was accused of.

At that point, she claimed the lady said she had done a fake bank transfer to her about a month ago.

Ebere said she remembered the transaction and stoutly defended herself, that she paid her partly by cash and transfer.

She recalled that she handed the cash to her son, who was there with her at the time and transferred the balance into an account provided.

She said she brought out her phone, and luckily for her, she was able to trace the transaction on her Access Bank account to show the crowd as evidence.

She recalled that this gave a man in the crowd some confidence to stop the area boys from molesting her, as he queried the woman who accused her about the bank account she sent the money into.

Ebere said the woman admitted that the account she sent the money to was her husband’s, but still insisted that the money never arrived.

The young lawyer said the crowd then resolved the matter that she should pay the money in case the money was reversed by the bank.

Ebere said she paid the money and was allowed to go with bruises and torn clothes.

The next day, she said she took permission from her workplace and headed to her bank to print out her statement of account for the entire period in contention and then went to the police station where she got some policemen after ‘mobilising’ them.

She said she got her accuser and her husband arrested and locked up for a couple of days. She said she was ready to take them to court until they started begging her.

Ebere said she finally agreed to let them off the hook but got them to pay her for all the money she lost, including the money she paid to mobilise the police.

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