{"id":22703,"date":"2020-06-26T14:06:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22703"},"modified":"2020-06-26T14:06:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T14:06:53","slug":"nigerias-image-dented-by-hushpuppis-arrest-abike-dabiri-erewa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22703","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s image dented by Hushpuppi\u2019s arrest \u2013Abike Dabiri-Erewa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/abike-dabiri-erewa.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>he Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has stated that the arrest of Instagram celebrity, Raymond Abass aka Hushpuppi has dented the image of Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dabiri-Erewa who reacted to the arrest of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/we-are-tracing-victims-of-hushpuppis-scam-efcc\/\">Hushpuppi<\/a>&nbsp;on Twitter on Thursday night said that the arrest of the Instagram celebrity and his gang for allegedly defrauding over 1.9 million victims was damaging to Nigeria but insisted that fraud does not reflect the citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She wrote thus on Twitter; \u201cCommitting crime and still having the audacity to show off\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRamoni Igbalode aka Hushpuppi\u2026 This is really denting to our image as a people, but like I always say, fraud does not represent who we are as Nigerians. Hardworking, dedicated, committed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether your name is Ramoni Igbalode or Invictus Obi, Crime is crime. The law must take its full course!! To those countries, another Nigerian arrested, is what they will say.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her comments came after a video detailing the arrest of Hushpuppi circulated on the social media space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first video entitled \u201cDubai Police operation Fox Hunt 2\u201d from Gulf News TV of Hushpuppi and Mr Woodbery since their arrest after been monitored by Dubai E-police team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are being accused by Dubai authorities for 1.6 billion Dirhams scams with items worth over 150 million seized from them, including 21 computer, 47 mobile phones, 15 flash drive, hard disk with 119,580 files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hushpuppi who claims to be a business man is known to display a flagrant and extravagant lifestyle on social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has stated that the arrest of Instagram celebrity, Raymond Abass aka Hushpuppi has dented the image of Nigeria. Dabiri-Erewa who reacted to the arrest of&nbsp;Hushpuppi&nbsp;on Twitter on Thursday night said that the arrest of the Instagram celebrity and his gang for allegedly defrauding over 1.9 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria\u2019s image dented by Hushpuppi\u2019s arrest \u2013Abike Dabiri-Erewa &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22703\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22703#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Crime\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=3\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Nigeria\u2019s image dented by Hushpuppi\u2019s arrest \u2013Abike Dabiri-Erewa\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigeria\u2019s image dented by Hushpuppi\u2019s arrest \u2013Abike Dabiri-Erewa &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22703","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22703#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Crime","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=3"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nigeria\u2019s image dented by Hushpuppi\u2019s arrest \u2013Abike Dabiri-Erewa"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Crime<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"he Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has stated that the arrest of Instagram celebrity, Raymond Abass aka Hushpuppi has dented the image of Nigeria. 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