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Court Orders Instagram Hair Vendor Mizwanneka To Refund N79,500 Over Online Fraud
Instagram Hair Vendor Mizwanneka has been ordered by the court to refund N79,500 over online fraud.
Newsone reports that an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Friday, February 11, 2022, ordered an Instagram human hair vendor, one Nwanneka Nkumah, popularly known as CEO Mizwanneka, to refund N79,500 she fraudulently obtained from her customer.
This online news platform understands that Mrs. K.A. Ariyo, the magistrate ruled that Mizwanneka should pay back the sum of N79, 500 which the claimant, Mrs. Shenayon Saka, paid into her account for the purchase of two human hair wigs.
The magistrate also awarded a cost of N20,000 in favour of the claimant and 10 percent interest per annum on the judgment debt until the final payment is made.
Earlier, the suit had been filed jointly by the claimant and the Lagos State Consumer Protection Agency, represented by the Principal State Counsel, C.S. Hunpe.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Principal State Counsel had earlier submitted a summons before the court for the recovery of the debt due to the claimant.
She alleged that the claimant sent the sum of N77,600 to the defendant for the purchase of two human hair wigs, following an online Christmas sales advert posted by her sometime in December 2019.
“The claimant also added the sum of N1,900 to the defendant in April 2020 after she admitted to having received the money earlier sent to her.
“All attempts made by the claimant to retrieve the money or the hair wig from the defendant proved abortive.
“The defendant was given the opportunity to defend her case in the court but for reasons best known to her, she had failed to do so,” Hunpe said.
