The quest to know more about Ramoni Olorunwa Abass, beyond the 'celebrity hacker' status - Hushpuppi, took me to Ekore-Oworonsoki, Lagos where he claimed to have started out.

During my visit, I found the identity of one of the 10 unnamed accomplices arrested with him

A THREAD.
My sources told me Hushpuppi's longtime friend, Sikiru Adekoya aka Pac, may have been arrested during the raid.

One of them gave me Sikiru’s IG handle, I checked and it shared similarities with Hushpuppi’s page - display of wealth, exotic cars and photos taken with Hushpuppi.
When I checked the photos of the 10 other suspects arrested alongside Hushpuppi, Sikiru’s image appeared conspicuously above Hushpuppi’s head.

Who is Sikiru?
Sikiru joined Huspuppi in Dubai about two years ago, according to my sources, and has been living with him.
In some of the videos on Hushpuppi’s IG page, Sikiru is believed to be the voice behind the camera filming and hype.

He is somewhat a mini version of Hushpuppi, you could call him Hushpuppi-lite.

He has all the features of Hushpuppi, albeit on a smaller scale.
I dug deeper and found the hotel Hushpuppi lived - Pallazo Versace Dubai, a luxury 5-star hotel located in Jaddaf Waterfront, in Dubai.

The ‘3-Bedroom Residence’ he lived costs AED 7,325 per night (N769,125 at N105 exchange rate).

I sent a mail to the hotel and they told me...
The 3-Bedroom Residence with Private Pool cost AED 365,000 (including all taxes) for 3 months (N38,000,000 @ N105 exchange rate).

From my findings, Hushpuppi started posting pictures from the hotel in September 2017 up till June 6, 2020 (his last IG post) before his arrest...
He appears to have lived in the hotel for 33 months with bills likely running into N421.5m (for the apartment with a private pool at discounted rate).

It looks extravagant, but when compared to about N168n he is believed to have obtained the figure begins to seem insignificant.
Yes insignificant, especially when you breakdown the loot and discover it can do these 10 things:
Fund the 2020 budget of Osun state with N49bn leftover
Build 5 Lekki-Ikoyi bridges
Build 8 cargo airports (the type Ekiti wants to build with N20bn)
And many more...
There are so many other findings.

Read full report on @Neusroom

https://features.neusroom.com/where-hushpuppi-lived/
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