Million Lagos Businesswoman Of N10M:
Fraudsters
Posing As Nigerian Herbalist & 3 Witches Wives
Busted In Sango Ota Ogun State The police in
Lagos have declared wanted a man whose stock-
in-trade is using his three wives who pose as
witches to defraud
unsuspecting victims with false promises of a
better future.
The suspect, Awosina Folorunsho and his wives
Deborah, Hadiza and Folake got busted when
Moses Okafor, husband of their latest victim,
Helen Okafor trailed his wife to their hideout at
Sango Ota in Ogun State. She was alleged to have
paid more than N10 million to the syndi cate
before her husband got wind of their activities.
Despite alleged death threats, Moses summoned
the courage and alerted the police at the Lagos
State command, Ikeja, where operatives of the
Special Anti- Robbery Squad, SARS, were detailed
to storm their hideout in Sango-Ota area of Ogun
State where they arrested one of the wives,
Deborah while Awosina and the other wives fled
the compound.
According to the police, their modus operandi is to
advertise in major national dailies. As soon as
their victims get in touch with them through the
phone numbers on the adverts, they will devise
different means including threat to life to extort
money from them.
Sounding sober, Deborah, an indigene of Ekiti
State, claims that her husband is a very popular
herbalist in Sango Ota. “He is a well-known
herbalist and has
customers across the country. His medicine is very
potent, that is why people patronize us. This is an
unfortunate situation. No one is after the woman
and if I tell her, she will still go to another place
and spend that money. It was the devil that took
over us
because we are genuine persons”, she stated.
According to Deborah, who said she is the first
wife, it is a taboo to disobey their husband hence
their decision to help his business to grow. “He is
genuine but sometimes applies wisdom in
convincing his customers. This is where we are
needed. Recently, he called us that there is a
woman who needs help and that we would consult
the oracle for her. I did and
discovered that nothing is wrong as she will make
much money in 2015. My husband told me that
she is rich and desperate. Since her future is
already bright, we decided to take advantage of
that. The whole money is with my husband. He
has not given any of us our share from the
business before police arrested me.”
How I fell victim –Helen
Helen’s desperation started when she noticed that
a certain neighbour’s shop had turned to a Mecca
of some sort. “I own a cosmetic shop in Balogun
market, Lagos Island. I have a neighbour who
could barely pay her rent in the market.
Suddenly, she was having so many customers and
her goods hardly stay up to three days. She was
always travelling to buy goods at least three times
in a month and that is unusual. It was really
embarrassing and I sought solution everywhere,
all to no avail. It was then that my friend advised
me to seek an alternative source of attracting
customers. She was the one who suggested that I
should read that particular newspaper.”
Helen claims that before her husband rescued her,
she had lost more than N10 million to the
syndicate. “I saw the advert in one of the national
dailies. The advert was a solution to stagnant
businesses. When I
called them, they told me that it will only cost
about N10,000 for prayers and buying the
necessary ingredients.
“Initially, I went to see them at Mushin and I was
given a form to fill with my passport. They took
N8000 and told me that the money was meant to
be used to buy all the ingredients which include
chicken, hot drink and some other things that
would be used to appease the gods.
“During the consultation, the herbalist told me
that it was my neighbours in the market that had
stolen my star. I believed because my business
suddenly started dwindling. I can hardly finish
selling my cosmetics in three months.
“After much prayer, he said that we will travel
down to Sango Ota to collect money that I will
reinvest in my business.”
On getting to Sango Ota, she was ushered into a
very big compound and asked to go and sit in the
living room. “I begged him to get the money for me
but he said that it is only the owner that will pick
it or else it will lose its po tency. When we got
there, I was ushered into a living room that had
red curtains all over. I was terrified but
determined to improve my
fortunes. “Suddenly, the light went off and started
blinking. I wanted to run out but discovered that
the door was locked. It was then three women all
dressed in white appeared. They showed me a
carton full of money and asked me to go and bring
N3million to cleanse the money and make it mine.
“Baba came in shivering and told me to do it or i
will die. He said this was the only way I will have
the opportunity to make it. By the time he
calculated the amount needed, it was about N3.5
million. After seeing those women who claimed
that they are witches of the land, I thought I will
die. I quickly made available the amount and gave
them”, she narrated.
When she returned, Helen said she was asked
again to dip her hands into either of the
remaining pot. “It was the same procedure but this
time only two women appeared. I dipped my hand
into the pot by my right and still picked pieces of
paper. I must
confess that I heard the sound of thunder and
lightning. It was terrified, I begged for mercy while
a voice shouted that I must appease the gods. Baba
came in again and said that the evil spirits after
me are so many. He assured me that the last pot
contains what I needed. I was asked to bring
N6million to handle the sacrifice. I had no choice
because I was scared for my life and secondly the
future will be brighter.
“I returned on the agreed date to dip my hand in
the third pot but my husband who trailed me,
stormed the room and broke the pot. It was then
my eyes opened. Inside the pot was another paper
written that I should bring N10million or my
entire family will be wiped out. I guess that I was
under a spell and I thank God for using my
husband to rescue me. I
guess I was under a spell.” The victim’s husband,
Mr. Okafor said he became worried when he
realised that his wife was sneaking out of the
house early in the
morning and returning home very late. “I
confronted her and she told me that she went to
visit a friend in Sango. I was worried because this
has never happened and the surprising part is that
she will always sneak out of the house. On 28th
January, 2015, I decided to follow her.
“I allowed her to enter the compound and
followed her. I was not comfortable with the
environment and I needed to know the secret my
wife kept from me. I walked into the house and
discovered that it was a shrine. They tried to stop
me but I boldly broke the pot and they threatened
that I will die.
They gathered us to drink all kinds of concoction
and to also sign an undertaking that we hired
them to perform rituals. We agreed and was
detained for the whole night while witches
including Deborah told
my wife to try and complete the ritual. To escape
from them, we agreed and was released the next
morning. The next day, I reported the matter to
the police.”

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Just wondering her level of greed,she had as much as 10 million to spare yet she still believed someone could steal her star. I appreciate the wits of her husband, he is best for her.