Helen Mukoro Idisi. |
A
Nigerian-born Spanish national who claimed an extensive resume as head of the
Spanish branch of UN Women, politician, detective, author, legal expert, and finance
consultant was arrested by the Police in Spain on Thursday had posed as the
president of the Spanish branch of UN Women, requesting funds and giving
interviews to the media.
The
woman, a Nigerian with Spanish nationality was detained in Denia on Spain's
eastern Mediterranean coast on charges of impersonation and fraud after she was
alleged to have provided online legal courses and solicited "funds to
carry out different projects related to the institution she claimed to
represent," police said in a statement.
She
"participated in conferences and gave interviews in different media,"
and an investigation began in mid-2018 when the police received a complaint
from the New York-based UN Women about a woman posing as the president of UN
Women in Spain and the Spanish National Committee of UN Women.
UN
Women, a body "dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of
women," does not have a country office in Spain, according to its website
and after the complaint, there were several communications between the
organization and the woman in order to make her understand the illicit actions.
She was asked to stop, but refused.
Spanish
media identified the woman as Helen Mukoro Idisi and on her personal website,
she describes herself an "archduchess" and "Nigerian
aristocrat," as well as a "Spanish politician, detective, author,
legal expert, business and finance consultant."
The
books she allegedly wrote, including such titles as "Make Wealth Anywhere,"
were sold on Amazon with her other claimed titles are president of the African
Europe Chamber of Commerce, a non-existent organization, and "advisor on
diaspora and auxiliary affairs" of the Delta State of Nigeria, where she
was born.
She
also established a political party, "Union de Todos" (Union for All),
and participated in at least three elections. According to El Confidencial
newspaper, she received the fewest votes to be Spain's head of government in
the last election, with just 31 votes.
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