How clergy, fake businessman duped Wilson Oruma into insanity

Wilson Oruma

After Being Duped Of N1.2 Billion By His Pastor, Ex Super Eagles Player Wilson Oruma Suffers Relapse Of Emotional Disorder

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Wilson Oruma, has suffered a relapse of the emotional disorder that affected him six years ago after he was duped by a clergy man and some fake oil businessmen.

According to Completesports, the former Marseille player 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.

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“Wilson (Oruma) hasn’t really recovered from the emotional disorder which he suffered after he was duped,” his bossom friend Emakpor Dibofun revealed.

“He has been to several places in search of a lasting solution, but it gets worse after a bit of improvement.”

A former Nigeria international and former Chairman of Lagos State Football Association, Waidi Akanni, also added that plans by Oruma’s ex teammates to help resuscitate him to normal life is ongoing.

“We have contacted some of his colleagues whom he played with during his days at the national team and there have been positive news regarding what we are trying to do,” Akanni told Completesportsnigeria.com.

According to Complete Sports, former Nigerian Footballer, Wilson Oruma suffered a mental disorder, after losing N1.2 billion to his Pastor who deceived him to invest in a fake oil business. His former teammates have agreed to play a charity game to raise funds for him. pic.twitter.com/POk7d2b9vj

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“But nothing more I can discuss publicly just yet, but he needs help.

“We just pray all goes well, so we can help him out of this precarious situation.”

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.

At club level, Oruma starred for RC Lens, Nancy, Samsunspor, Nimes, Servette, Sochaux, Marseille and Guingamp, and Kavala FC of Greece before he retired at the age of 33 on November 26, 2010.