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Bamise was consistent in payment to the pastor and other investors who invested with him till he disappeared last month
*Bamise, his dear beloved wife and Pastor Sam Adeyemi of Daystar Church.
PEGASUS REPORTERS, LAGOS | OCTOBER 24, 2021
He graduated in Banking and Finance from Madonna University, Okija in Anambra State and was a quiet banker who diligently did his job as a Zenith bank staff. He was with the bank for 8 years before he left to start his Image lenders startup in 2016.
The source said that when Bamise set up his business in 2016, his first customers were his former colleagues, he was able to convince his colleagues in the bank to trust him with their funds in lieu of a 10 % monthly ROI payment.
His first investors saw their money paid promptly on time, those investors helped the young alleged scammer to spread the word that there is a new king in town who is trustworthy and a breath of fresh air. Before one could say, Jack Robinson, Investors started flocking around Bamise with their money in lieu of a regular monthly payment from his company.
Even branch managers of commercial banks flocked to Bamise with their life savings. Zenith bank staff were his marketers and foot soldiers. A lot of them convinced customers that they were managing their account to invest with Bamise.
Because of this head-start of having your former colleagues in Zenith bank brought and convinced customers for your business, Bamise did not invest in media branding neither did he need social media influencers to influence for him online. This is why his business was not popular on social media, only few people like myself knew about his business before now.
I knew him before now because a Zenith bank staff told myself and others about him. Soon, Bamise’s phone rang non-stop from investors, convinced by his former colleagues in the bank and those callers want to invest their money with him so what is he doing with social media influencers?
Seeing that his fortunes and investors money with him have quadrupled, Bamise went to lure his old colleagues at Zenith bank to join him in his new startup.
He poached a lot of Zenith bank staff by offering mouth-watering salaries they could not resist and most times, double of what they earned at Zenith bank. Because of this, a lot of Zenith bank staff resigned in droves to join Bamise in his wild goose chase and to be fair to them, they did not know what they are signed up for.
He needed the validation that Zenith bank staff are working for his startup, to convince investors that he was real. Boy! Bamise paid crazy salary salaries to his former colleagues who resigned to join him. Imagine earning 200k per month in Zenith bank only for Bamise to offer to pay you 1million naira. You don hit gold mine be that!
With his consistent monthly payment to his investors, Bamise had this brainwave: why not open Image lenders office abroad to cater for Nigerians in the diaspora who have been making enquiries on how to invest with his business in lieu of monthly ROI payment? Image Lenders offices in China, Ghana, Dubai, South Africa and London were born and these offices were set up to attend to only Nigerians in diaspora who wish to invest in his business with their funds for monthly payment.
As the investor’s money with him grew, to an excess of $ 50million dollars at the last count, the young man knew he had to change his lifestyle to reflect his new status. He bought a duplex at Ned Okonkwo’s Victoria crest project in Lekki Lagos and paid cash up front, he is now a big boy so money is not a problem. The only problem is how to spend it. He bought houses in UK and Dubai, to reflect his new status as a billionaire.
To also reflect his status as a man of means, a man of timber and calibre, Bamise also bought a citizenship passport of Antigua and Barbuda for his wife, himself and his two kids. He paid over $50,000 to be able to do this.
Our source also said that Bamise loves God as he worships at Sam Adeyemi’s Daystar Church. He was even a worker with the church and does not miss Sunday service except he is not in Lagos. As a “child of God”, his monthly tithe runs into millions of naira and was one of the biggest spenders in Sam Adeyemi’s church. God has blessed his hustle so he needs to show his gratitude by giving back generously to the church and he did on a scale never seen before.
A popular Pentecostal Church in Lekki was also one of his investors. There, our source said that the senior pastor of the church invested over 500 million naira with Bamise in lieu of a 10% monthly payment. Bamise was consistent in payment to the pastor and other investors who invested with him till he disappeared last month
Bamise was a sweet talker, his innocent looks, his love for God and the fact he has a background in finance influenced his investors to trust him with their money. At the end of the day, the monthly ROI payment was not sustainable and the fact that Bamise was living a luxurious life on Investors funds, so the business with so much promise crashed like a pack of cards, just like other Ponzi businesses before it.
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