Kwara Gov Unveils Residents Registration Agency, Card Project thisdaylive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisdaylive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Punch Newspapers
Sections
Daud Olatunji, Abeokuta
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested an herbalist, Kunle Adeyemi, and three others for allegedly defrauding one Imoleayo Ashade of N1.3m.
The police also recovered from the suspect a box containing various denominations of fake currencies, charms and a cash sum of N1,310,000.
Others arrested at the shrine in the Ijagun area of Ijebu-Ode, are Salau Taiwo, Tajudeen Jimoh and Adebayo Akeem.
The state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, who took journalists round the crime scene on Thursday, said the arrests were made by the Awa-Ijebu Police Division with the support of members of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress and vigilantes in the area.
Four members of a fraud syndicate, who defrauded a 26-year-old lady, Imoleayo Ashade, of the sum of over N1.3 million in Ijebu-Ode area after allegedly hypnotising her have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.
A box containing fake international currencies which the suspects were using to deceive their unsuspecting victims in their currency washing technology was also recovered by the police
The suspects were allegedly arrested on Tuesday during a raid on their hideout in a forest at Ijagun area of Ijebu-Ode where their shrine was located with assistance from members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) and the local vigilante group.
Daily Post Nigeria
Published
One Imoleayo Ashade has reported to the police in Ogun State that she was duped to the tune of N1,310,000 by some individuals who promised to give her financial breakthrough.
Ashade told the police that she must have been hypnotised by the men, who she said lured her to their hideout to help her become rich.
This was after the victim had helped the suspects in securing a place to sleep one night.
“I think I was hypnotized, because at first, I believed everything they said. They told me to bring my fiance so that, we can both be empowered spiritually.