Uju Anya, an American professor, accuses a Nigerian tailor of defrauding her after she paid him $400 to sew her a wedding dress.
She resorted to the social networking platform X to vent her wrath about the incident.
She said she had been working with the tailor since 2017, and things went smoothly.
However, she paid him $400 last year, which she later confessed was for a December wedding.
He had failed to complete the dress despite promising to deliver when she paid in full.
She shared her frustrations by writing.
“A Nigerian tailor showed me hell. Lying sack of shit-covered maggot Toochi Ugoala in Surulere, Lagos. I commissioned and paid for a **WEDDING DRESS** by
@TUgoala
brand Dioha who’s been sewing for me since 2017. He took my money, strung me along for a month, sent nothing.
🧵1/6
I’ve been buying clothes from Toochi Ugoala’s Dioha line for 8 yrs. He made me ball gowns, cocktail dresses, jumpsuits, formal, casual wear. I always paid up front, he always delivered with no fail. Honoring our relationship, I asked him to make my wedding dress. He accepted.
2/6
Toochi Ugoala and I discussed a very clean and simple cocktail dress style design, since it was a house wedding. He sent mockups, videos, pictures, mood boards. I also paid him the full price so he can buy fabric and materials as we’ve done for 8 years now with no problem.
3/6
I commissioned the wedding dress November 10, and Toochi Ugoala promised me completion 10 days after payment on November 18. Two weeks after his Dec 1 deadline passed, I was stressed. No pics of dress in progress, days of no communication, lies about phone being broken, etc.
4/6
When I finally accepted that Toochi Ugoala stole my money for a WEDDING DRESS he’ll never make, I started demanding my cash back. He told many lies. That the dress was already complete, just shipping left, but he couldn’t take pics, etc. Then he ghosted. No more responses.
5/6
I had a backup that was beautiful after I heavily altered it, added touches, sewed parts by hand. However, the cruelty it takes to scam a bride on her wedding dress, is, wow. May Toochi Ugoala and his Dioha line never see a day of peace or professional success ever again.
