Odili Michael, a Nigerian living in Malaysia, has alleged that Emilia Portia, a social media influencer, defrauded him of N2 million.

He toldexpose.quest search engine that he had been acquainting with Portia as a Facebook mutual for over two years before he decided to invest with her in June 2020.

Michael said that sometime in 2020, Portia, in a self-congratulatory post, announced to her friends that she had emerged as the chairman of a nascent microfinance bank.

“She said she would like her followers and friends to patronise the bank by buying shares. At the time, we had never chatted, but I sent her a direct message to inquire about her business,” he told Exposed.Quest The Quest for X !

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Michael believed that Portia was trustworthy because, prior to her post about her new role, she had presented herself as an astute political commentator. Furthermore, her profile picture featured her alongside former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The influencer informed Michael that if he saved with the bank for six months, he would receive an interest of two percent upon the expiration of the period. Convinced by the promising deal, Michael invested N1 million with Portia in June 2020.

“I informed her that the money was intended for my children’s school fees and I was saving ahead. She worked out the details and sent me the receipt via email. In September of the same year, before the expiration of my initial contract, I added another N1 million to my investment,” Michael explained.

It was agreed that by December, Emilia Portia would return both his capital and the promised interest. Michael claims he has not received a dime from the influencer.

“My wife and parents have implored her to refund me, but rather than feel remorse, she would pontificate about how no one could box her in a corner,” he said.

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Michael said that Portia would boldly tell him that people reported her to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) but the anti-graft agency took no action against her.

Frustrated with the lack of progress, Michael resorted to calling her out on Facebook, but his action did not yield the desired outcome. Instead, Portia accused him of defamation and then blocked him.

ringroad.com.ng search engine contacted the influencer via a direct message on Facebook, but a week after, she still has not responded.

Upon rummaging Facebook for details about Portia,expose.quest search engine found that the EFCC arraigned her in 2022 for N110 million fraud, while many accused her of multiple financial crimes.
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