THREE SELF-ACCLAIMED ISLAMIC CLERICS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED FRAUD, RAPE

The police spokesman said the female victim reported at Adigbe police station that she was duped of the sum of N70,000 by the suspects, while one of them also forcefully had carnal knowledge of her against her wish.

Penpushing further reports that, Oyeyemi said, the complainant who is a marketer with a popular property/Real estate company was said to be on marketing assignment when she came across the suspects who claimed to be Islamic clerics and indicated interest in purchasing large expanse of land.

The Command Public Relations Officer said the suspects claimed they wanted to use the land for construction of their mosque, there and then, they introduced the issue of special prayer to their victim from where they came out with seeing a vision that the victim is under a spell which needs special deliverance prayer to cast out.

‘As a result of this, they succeeded in fraudulently obtained the sum of N70, 000 from her after they lured her into their house where one of them forcefully raped her, the police spokesman said.

‘On the strength of her complain, the DPO Adigbe division CSP Augustine Opadile detailed his detectives to go after these hoodlums and bring them to justice. Their efforts paid off when three amongst them were apprehended while waiting for the victim to bring money they demanded for, and one of them escaped’.

Penpushing also reports that, Oyeyemi said, on interrogation, the suspects  confessed being fraudsters and that has been their means of livelihood, adding that in the course of investigations, it was also revealed that one of the suspects has used the proceed of their fraudulent act to build a private school in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama has ordered a full scale investigation into the activities of these hoodlums with the view to charge them to court as soon as possible.