Published 17th May, 2026
By Peace Chenube
In October 2025, Precious Onyeka Udemez, a gadgets dealer, collected N300,000 from Blessing Iniobong, a Lagos resident, to swap her phone with an iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Per their agreement, Udemez agreed to collect a N300,000 upfront payment for the phone swap, with a N50,000 balance upon delivery of the phone.
Since Iniobong sent N300,000 to Udemez on October 24, she has not received either the iPhone 14 Pro Max or a refund.
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Omogbolahan Haruna, Iniobong’s friend, narrated the ordeal to FIJ on Monday. “They agreed on the kind of phone (iPhone 14 Pro Max). Before that, they had not seen each other for so long, but they had been talking online on Snap and Instagram,” Haruna said.
“On October 24, 2025, she sent him N300,000 for the payment and promised to balance the N50,000 whenever they bring the phone or when she receives it. Since then, the guy has refused to either bring the phone or refund the money.”
“We have been to his place several times, but we were unable to meet up with him. He was always giving excuses. The last time we went there, they said he had left the area. They said that he had moved out of his apartment for a while,” he said.
“We tried every other alternative to reach out to him. He has not been responding. At one point in time, he was promising to make a refund. But all those promises and the dates, there was nothing, no outcome.”
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On Tuesday, FIJ sent text messages to Udemez to get his comments on the matter. In response, he stated, “We still talked today. I’ve always been replying to her. I told her earlier I had been sick for a while and wasn’t active. I’ll refund before or by the month’s end.”
Meanwhile, Haruna told FIJ that Udemez had made several promises to refund his friend without following through. On Wednesday, he shared screenshots of Udemez’s chats with Iniobong, where the phone dealer promised to refund her in April.
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Published 17th May, 2026
By Peace Chenube
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