Nollywood actress Ejine Okoroafor has recounted a hurtful experience she had in Paris on Thursday, alleging that a Nigerian bank sold fake Euros to her.
The actress made this known in an Instagram post on Friday, saying that she was almost arrested.
“Thursday, the 16th of September, I was ashamed being a Nigerian. At a mall here in Paris, I went to purchase some items and I was told the Euro notes I had were fake. I bought the money from a well-known bank in Nigeria (PTA).
I took it to the bank, a cash machine seized the €2000 that was rightfully placed and rejected the last squeezed €500.
“With a receipt that the money is fake. (because I was advised to pay the money into an account and withdraw in smaller denominations that they hardly spend 500euro)I asked my friend, who lives here to help me with the transaction.
“So We took d surviving €500 to MoneyGram to confirm its authenticity and we almost got into trouble, dey wanted to call the Police on us. We eventually had to visit the Police station for her to report, to avoid her account from getting blocked or being negatively affected by this situation.
“Meanwhile I called the bank manager when the atm seized the money, to let him know what had happened, he said ‘I should have called him when they told me at the mall, I won’t have gone to the bank,” she wrote in parts,”
Fellow celebrities like Angela Okorie and Georgina Onuoha expressed their shock over the incident.
Ejine had on January 2 shared a glimpse of her jumpsuit picture.
She said, “Always wish people well, their success will not limit yours.”
