My Relations Colluded With Fr*udsters To D*pe Me N2billion - Wilson Oruma Finally Breaks Silence

Oruma during his playing days

TORI News had reported earlier in Jaunary 2018 that former Super Eagles midfielder, Wilson Oghenekevwe Oruma, suffered a relapse of the emotional disorder that bugged him 6-years ago after he was defrauded by a pastor and some fake oil businessmen.
                                 
Oruma who captained the Golden Eaglets’ 1993 FIFA U-17 World Cup winning team, was lured into a fake oil business in December 2012 in which he invested a whopping sum of N1.2billion without proper consultation after retiring from football, and he consequently lost the investment.

In his bid to bring Oruma back from his misfortune, the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, included him as part of the Nigerian contingent to the on-going FIFA World Cup in Russia, to enable him mix up with people from different parts of the World, particularly his former colleagues in foreign clubs.

The idea paid off, as Oruma says he is grateful to the NFF boss and his board members. He also thanked Nigerians for their prayers and support during the time of his difficulties.
                                   
While speaking in an exclusive interview with The Guardian at his Park INN Hotel in St. Petersburg shortly before he departed for Nigeria, the former Super Eagles midfielder, opened up on his travail in the hands of fraudsters, and sent words to those behind his problem to consider his condition and return his money.

He said; “This is my first time of speaking with any journalist on this. It is true that I lost all my savings to some people, who turned out to be fraudsters. I have read several stories in the media since then. Those stories did not emanate from me. They quoted different amount, which is not correct. I lost close to N2 billion.

“The most painful aspect of it all was the fact that some of my relations were involved in the deal. You can imagine losing such huge amount of money to people you trusted. I pray for them to have a human heart and return my money, even if it is part of it. That is my prayer every day, and I know that one day, the hand of God will torch their hearts,” he stated.

Oruma featured for Nigeria’s U-17, U-23 and the senior national team, winning the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1993, the Olympic gold in 1996 and two bronze medals at the African Cup of Nations in 2002 and 2006.