A mother-of-five accused of being a fraudster has been paraded by men of the Nigeria police in Ogun state.
Ashile Basirat being paraded by the police
The face of the 45-year-old mother of five, Ashile Basirat, paraded
by Ogun State Police Command for allegedly conspiring with robbers to
dupe passengers in Abeokuta has been revealed.
According to the police, Basirat said she took into the illicit act
of duping people because she had once been a victim. She said her
children had advised her to stop the illicit business, but her venture
into trade did not yield the desired profit, making her continue her
illicit business.
The Police Commissioner in the state, Ahmed Iliyasu, said Basirat, a
suspected member of a fraud syndicate, engaged in fooling unsuspecting
passengers by hypnotising them, take them to the nearest Automated
Teller Machine, ATM, point to dispose them of cash.
Ilyasu said the syndicate specialized in driving commercial taxi
cab, pretending to be drivers and simulated passengers to dupe the
unsuspecting members of the public. Other members of the syndicate are
Leonard Ifeanyi, Tajudeen Erinosho and Ashimiyu Olaniyan. .
Explaining how her gang operated before they were apprehended,
Basirat claimed that her gang members act as passengers in a taxi,
pretending to be waiting for one more passenger. She said when the
victim is found, they would tell him or her that there was money in the
booth, which could not be spent because it was spiritually locked.
She further explained that the victim would be persuaded to follow them to a priest and “he or she would be brought to me, while I pretend to be an Ifa priestess (Iya Alawo).”
She further disclosed that her victims are too numerous to count as she started the trade in 2011 after she was duped in 2010.
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