Nigerian doctor who hacks accounts of celebrities, buys exotic cars has finally been arrested by the police.

A Nigerian medical doctor, Michael Thompson Williams Ujowhzi, has reportedly confessed to hacking into the accounts of popular celebrities.

Michael, who boasted of his escapades as a hacker, was quoted as telling the police that “I monitor movie actors and actresses in the US. I monitor a particular actor, who is based in America (US). He transfers money every week.

“I hacked into his Swiss code account, which involved breaking of 360 codes. I divert funds online into a secured credit card which I use to buy any kind of powerful software online and get more knowledge online.”

The 28-year-old suspect who had worked with frontline hospitals in Lagos, like Eko Hospital and Tolu Medical Centre, was arrested in Lekki

area of Lagos and paraded at the Lagos police headquarters, Ikeja, on Monday, the Guardian newspaper reported.

During the parade, the suspect said he usually hacked into customers’ accounts with banks and financial institutions. He said he also monitors private email messages of prominent Nigerians.

He added that he had access to customers’ bank accounts and used their money for spending sprees with his credit cards.

He also said as a hacker, he could do anything online, adding that he bought goods worth not more than N30 million with credit cards and made false payments in bits to unsuspecting victims.

“Banks in Nigeria are not like banks abroad. In Nigeria, you can sit down and do any kind of transfer. There are no certified hackers in banks here; there is nobody to secure you.”

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, paraded the suspect before journalists on Monday.

The police chief said, “After a successful transaction, the suspect as gathered would buy posh cars, sending fake alerts to the owners. The bubble burst in March after he bought a Porsche car worth N28 million from a car dealer in Lagos and sent him a fake alert before making away with the car.”