A
Lagos prophet who has been accused of tricking a woman into giving him
lots of money and properties has spoken out about the development.
Oladele Ayoola
A prophet at a Celestial Church of Christ in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos
State, Oladele Ayoola, has denied the allegation that he collected about
N75m, three houses and two vehicles to heal a businesswoman of
fibroids.
According to Punch Metro, the 45-year-old prophet said rather, he assisted the woman to cure “a strange ailment, which almost forced her to commit suicide,” adding that she gave him about N25m in tranches as gifts.
He stated that he used the money to build a four bed-roomed duplex
in Ijoko, Ogun State, and admitted that the woman also bought a Toyota
Highlander worth N6m for him.
The prophet denied that the woman built two houses for him in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, and bought a Lexus for him.
It had been reported that the woman had approached Ayoola sometime
in 2007 through a neighbour to seek spiritual solutions to her fibroids
after a doctor reportedly told her that her womb had to be removed to
cure the ailment, which made blood flowed from her private parts for 14
years.
The prophet was said to have given her some concoctions and charged
N98,000 for the treatment. The flow was said to have stopped after
taking the herbs, but returned two weeks later.
He allegedly told the woman that her husband was behind her ordeal
and advised her to bring her three children for spiritual cleansing
because the husband wanted to use them for ritual.
He was said to have subsequently hypnotised the woman and asked her
to build a duplex for him in Ijoko, as well as two five-bedroomed
bungalows in Ado Ekiti.
However, it reportedly dawned on one of the woman’s children, a
lawyer, sometime in March 2017 that the family was being duped after the
prophet allegedly collected millions of naira from her for spiritual
help.
The case was reported to the police at the Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, leading to the prophet’s arrest.
In a chat with our correspondent, Ayoola, who is on police bail,
refuted the fraud allegation against him, saying the woman gave him
money to build the house to appreciate the healing.
He said, “One Iya Ibeji introduced her to me. The woman didn’t
tell me she was suffering from fibroids. It was a strange ailment. She
was bleeding from the private parts every day and was very lean. She
said she was fed up and wanted to commit suicide. I told her I would
treat her if she could pay N98,000 and she agreed.
“Within two weeks, the blood stopped and she had a permanent
healing. At a point, we became family friends. She gave me money to
build a duplex in Ijoko after God used me to answer her prayers. She
initially sent about N22m into my UBA account to build the house. About
N3m was later sent to my Union Bank account. I would not reject gifts
from somebody that God used me to heal. I also assisted her family
members whenever they had any problem.”
The prophet explained that the woman bought the Toyota Highlander
for him when he was to be made a chief in Ado Ekiti. He said his
relationship with the family began to turn sour in 2014 when the woman’s
husband asked him to steer clear of the family.
“But she was not the one who built the two houses in Ado Ekiti
for me. There are several persons God is using me for. In 2014, her
husband told me to leave the family alone, but the woman begged me not
to. She bought the Toyota Highlander for me for N6m.
“I was surprised when some policemen from SFU came to arrest me
in Ekiti. I was detained in their office for 16 days and the Highlander
was seized. I didn’t collect anything from the lawyer as claimed and
didn’t hypnotise anybody,” he added.
Ayoola said he was ready to forfeit the house in Ijoko and the Highlander, which was in police custody.
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