FACT CHECK: No, Woodberry has not been released from prison (IGBO)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- A social media post has claimed that Olalekan Ponle, better known as Woodberry, has been released from prison.
The post has so far garnered over 14,000 views, 213 likes and 83 repost on X.
Woodberry is a Nigerian internet celebrity and an ally of Ramon Abbas, best known as Hushpuppi, another Nigerian who was jailed for internet fraud in November 2022.
On June 10, 2020, the duo were arrested in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for extensive international online fraud.
To verify the claim and ascertain Woodberry’s whereabouts, TheCable searched through the inmate register of The Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The register shows the name, register number, age, release date and present location of the inmate.
The search revealed that Woodberry’s present location is the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution and his release date is October 2027, two years before Huspuppi’s release date