the suspected fraudster
Officials of the Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 78-year-old suspected
ritualist, Lawrence Ayeni and four others inside a bush at Iwaro, Oke
Ila Quarters of Ado-Ekiti, where they were performing rituals for a
US-based Nigerian man, Okechukwu Omeniho, after allegedly defrauding him
of N300,000.
According to The Nation,
the victim, Okechukwu was believed to have been charmed, under the
pretext of appeasing gods of fortunes and prosperity for him. When
rescued from his captors by the NSCDC, he could not explain how he fell
into the hands of the fraudsters and ritualists and committed such a
huge amount of money to people he had never met before after being
tricked from his base.
Donatus Ikemefuna, who is the Commandant of NSCDC, said the victim
who is a businessman, hails from Owerri, Imo State but resides in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA, wept uncontrollably when the suspects were
paraded shortly after their arrest.
“We are encouraging any defrauded victim to come out and
identify the suspects paraded or give details of their experiences so
that the activities of these occultists and fraudsters can be eliminated
completely,” the Commandant of NSCDC said.
Other members of the gang arrested in the operation carried out by
the Counter-Terrorism and Intelligence Units of NSCDC, Ekiti Command
between 8.30am and 9.00am, include Ifashola Babatunde (44), Akin Ono
(25), Yusuf Akorede (30) and Adetifa Ishola (45).
No comments:
Post a Comment