Police Clear Lizzy Anjorin of Gold Theft Months After Market Drama: "Na Fake Transfer"

• The Lagos state police command released the result of its investigation concerning actress Lizzy Anjorin's gold theft case
• Lizzy had visited a market to purchase some gold and was accused of stealing, but the police said it was a false allegation
• The police said after the case was taken to court, the actress said she was no longer interested for reasons best known to her

Nollywood actress Lizzy Anjorin-Lawal has been cleared of the allegation that she stole gold at Oba Akintoye Market in the Lagos Island area of the state in February 2024.

The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the news in a recent chat with Punch.

According to him, the police command had investigated the video that showed Lizzy Anjorin-Lawal being accused of stealing was a mistake of facts.

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Police share more details about Liz's case

Narrating what happened at the scene of the incident, Hundeyin said the seller of the gold gave Anjorin wrong account details to transfer the money, noting that one digit was incorrect.

However, the movie star transferred the money to the account and was blamed for the error, which led to her being tagged a thief.

The role interpreter took up the assault case with the police and arrest was made. After the case was taken to court, Lizzy said she was no longer interested and the case was withdrawn.

Benjamin Hundeyin added:

“Lizzy Anjorin-Lawal transferred what she was supposed to transfer, which was about N90,000, into the wrong account that she was given and there was a receipt; when it was becoming too hot, she again transferred money to the correct account number they gave her. So, she did a double transfer just to avoid trouble, even though the mistake was not hers."

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See Benjamin Hundeyin's statement below:

Reactions to Lizzy Anjorin's cleared theft case

Legit.ng has compiled some of the comments from netizens on Lizzy Anjorin's cleared gold theft case below:

@chinco_babee:

"No one said she stole gold she only made a fake transfer."

@happiest_gurl07:

"You may not like her but She never stole anything, it was a malicious set up."

@chiamakaekemezie1:

"Imagine if it’s a case of jungle justice the would have beaten her to death or burn her. Medicine after death mtcheww."

@femijobi1_:

"Is about fake transfer nothing to do with stealing gold."

@khufu257:

"Social media no go rest. Lizzy go drag all her enemies."

Lizzy Anjorin opens up on stealing allegation

Earlier, Lizzy Anjorin had responded to the theft allegation made against her during her visit to the Lagos Island market.

The film star claimed it was a set-up and told her fans that they should hold 'Sepeteri' if anything happened to her.

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The mother of one also mentioned that she owned a brand-new car worth millions of naira and questioned why she would resort to stealing N90k.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng