Nigeria, Sept. 12 -- As the incidence of impersonation among Nigerian entertainers continues to rise, actor Bolanle Ninalowo is the latest to be affected by the activities of fraudsters.

In 2023, operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arrested the duo of Charles Osaigbovo and Evans Obayaedo, who impersonated Nigerian actor and movie producer, Fredrick Leonard, for their alleged involvement in a love scam and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of £38,000.

That same year, 23-year-old Kelvin Enofe was arrested for impersonating Nollywood actor Ik Ogbonna and allegedly defrauding a United States-based woman of $70,000.

The latest in this string of identity theft scams...