Nollywood actor John Okafor’s adopted daughter and son have been arrested for stealing N55 million from his hospital bill donation from the public.

This news was made known by The Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCID), Alagbo, he disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, January 25th, 2024.

The statement reveals that the FCID received a petition from the actors wife, alerting them of their plans to defraud her husband while on his sick bed. She also noted she who was managing the funds was manipulated by Stella and Daniel and they took possession of Mr Ibu’s phone and hacked into his bank details.

Stella stated that they successfully installed the

the mobile banking applications of Mr Ibu on the phone of his son, Daniel, and wiped off the banking applications originally installed on Mr Ibu’s phone, thereby taking full charge of his banking activities.

Further investigation by the FCID revealed WhatsApp text messages between Jasmine and Daniel detailing how they conspired and hatched their criminal plans. It was also discovered that the two had a sham marriage at the Ikoyi Magistrate Registry with plans to escape from the country to the UK where they intended to settle with their proceeds of crime. They had already applied for a UK Visa in furtherance of this plan before their arrest.

The investigation also revealed that they stole the total of N55 million and spent N5 million from the money already but N50 million was recovered from them.

They have both been granted bill with the sum of N15m with two sureties in like sum while the case has been adjourned to 11th March 2024.