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Scammers of the Dictators’ Realm is a masterful fictional expose of military
dictatorship and the rise of international financial scams in the country of
Nigeria, and the determination of the subsequent democratically-elected
authority to extirpate the phenomenon. The story sheds light on the Nigerian
society during the military dictatorship, weaving a story around a scammed
American investor and many hilarious moments of daily life under the
military rule.
In the story, the trio of Albert Dyke, Obata Ohasum and Vincent Ekey fronts a
business enterprise for the purpose of engaging in financial scams. They
score a hit when a fake proposal to bid on a government supply contract
attracts the interest of Mark Fisher, an American citizen from the State of
New York. First Mark has to invest $400,000 in bribe money to the army
‘general’ in charge of the contract award process for the bid to succeed.
Mark puts up the money, then suspects later that a scam has occurred. The
trio plans Mark’s murder, then lures him to Nigeria for a ‘crucial meeting’—
they wanted to forestall future prosecution for their crime. The trio escapes
punishment for their crime until a democratically-elected president takes
over. He has a tough agenda against financial scam artists and the case of
the trio is prosecuted at his instigation.
Until judgment was rendered in the celebrated case, it wasn’t certain what
the learned high court judge’s decision would be — rule in favour of the
defendants who had a defense team of legal luminaries or succumb to the
suspected pressures from the president to find the defendants guilty.
dictatorship and the rise of international financial scams in the country of
Nigeria, and the determination of the subsequent democratically-elected
authority to extirpate the phenomenon. The story sheds light on the Nigerian
society during the military dictatorship, weaving a story around a scammed
American investor and many hilarious moments of daily life under the
military rule.
In the story, the trio of Albert Dyke, Obata Ohasum and Vincent Ekey fronts a
business enterprise for the purpose of engaging in financial scams. They
score a hit when a fake proposal to bid on a government supply contract
attracts the interest of Mark Fisher, an American citizen from the State of
New York. First Mark has to invest $400,000 in bribe money to the army
‘general’ in charge of the contract award process for the bid to succeed.
Mark puts up the money, then suspects later that a scam has occurred. The
trio plans Mark’s murder, then lures him to Nigeria for a ‘crucial meeting’—
they wanted to forestall future prosecution for their crime. The trio escapes
punishment for their crime until a democratically-elected president takes
over. He has a tough agenda against financial scam artists and the case of
the trio is prosecuted at his instigation.
Until judgment was rendered in the celebrated case, it wasn’t certain what
the learned high court judge’s decision would be — rule in favour of the
defendants who had a defense team of legal luminaries or succumb to the
suspected pressures from the president to find the defendants guilty.
Scammers of the Dictator's Realm by Mathew Uzukwu
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