The Oyo State Police Command yesterday paraded a
gang of highly fetish 419 syndicate which specialised
in defrauding unsuspecting citizens of huge sums of
money.
The police said they deceived their victims by
claiming to cure their various ailments.
The breakthrough was made by the Command’s anti-
Kidnapping Squad who discovered the gang’s shrines
at Baale-Ayo, Asejire and Balogun village off Eleyele/
Ido road as well as two poultry farms each of which
costs 50 million naira while the cummulative value of
their illegal services is over 800 million naira.
The
suspects include Sherifat Badamosi, a female, 48
years who played the role of the witch, Samsondeen
Abiola a male, 42 years, a photographer whose role
was to lure rich victims to their trap, Oriyomi
Adebayo a male, 41 years, who played the role of a
spy, Alhaji Akeem Azeez Olayode, a male, 37 years,
leader of the gang and Ayankule Ayanlowo a male, 43
years who played the role of a fake herbalist.
According to Azeez Olayode, who admitted to be a
‘419’ said “I was a Fuji musician and my stage name is
Santana, I was duped and those who duped me told
me to become a fraudster in a bid to retrieve my
money and that was how I started.
I started 6 years ago, I don’t know those people we
dupe personally, I am usually linked up when their is
any job, they call on me. They call me when they have
customers so that we can work together.
I help them in blending leaves for concoction. When
someone who has problem comes to the Babalawo
for diabetes, stroke or other ailments, the man whom
we work together has juju, he will cure the diabetes
or any other ailment they bring, when the problem is
cured, we ask the person to pay a certain amount.
The Babalawo is not genuine, he is a fake Babalawo. I
can say I have duped like 10 people, the first person
paid 30 million naira to cure diabetes, he paid in
batches like 5,7,8 million. Their was one that had
injury in the leg which was not healing up and he
paid 15 million naira”.
Another suspect, Ayankunle Ayanlowo, who admitted
to be a fake herbalist said, “I know how to make
concoction, I get connected through Azeez Olayode to
the clients and they pay me 500,000 naira per
operation, I don’t have a car but I have a house”.
For the photographer, Mr Samsondeen, ” I met Mr
Olayode at Options, a club very close to officers
mess, I am a photographer, I take photographs at
options and that was how I got his contact. When his
child was doing Islamic graduation I did three
albums for him so I see him as a customer. When the
Police came to my house that night, they asked if I
was the photographer they called on phone and I was
told to follow them. I move around, I don’t have a
shop, I am even supposed to be in Ilorin presently”
he said.
Among the items recovered from the syndicate are
three assorted cars, a toyota venza saloon car which
costs 4.8 million naira, 4matic mercedes benz jeep
which costs 6 million naira, honda crosstour saloon
car which 3.5 million naira and assorted criminal
charms.
According to the Commissioner of Police Mohammad
Musa Katsina, “this place is a place where many
victims have visited and all of them came here but
left this environment in bruises. The gentleman
(Azeez Olayode) who spoke with you is the leader of
this hypnotising syndicate that whenever you are
brought here, they do everything to diminish your
sense or any sense in you and as result they subdue
you to the point of parting with anything that is
valuable. He met an octogenarian who is in Ibadan
and dispossessed him of the sum of 30 million naira.
Somebody living in the United States of America who
came to this place was also unfortunate enough to
have fallen into their trap, he did not leave their trap
until they defrauded him the sum of 20 million naira,
they have duped many people here and today we are
here and has I did tell you I have the capacity and
well withal to deal with them to chase them wherever
they are” he said.
On behalf of the people of Oloya village, the youth
leader however expressed his gratitude and
appreciated the efforts of the Police to save them
from this menace saying all efforts made by them
have been abortive”

Nigeria which way forward

I give up

All days for the thief one day for the owner. Period