In a bid to cure a strange headache, a business man in Sango Ota, Ogun state, identified as Oladimeji Isiaka has lost about N25 million to suspected fraudsters.

Punch revealed that the businessman sold his five cars and house to raise the money. When Isiaka realised he has been defrauded, he reported the case to the Zone 2 police command, Onikan, Lagos.

This led to the arrest of five members of the gang at their camp in Ibadan. They were identified as Akeem Alabi, Yetunde Mustapha, Alasela Ottun, Ibrahim Jimoh and Oyegbila Lateef.

A source disclosed to the police that Isiaka was an in-law of Ottun and had sought his counsel sometime in October 2016 when he had the headache, which defied medications.

The source said: “The man was into oil business. He called Alasela (Ottun), for help. The in-law called Yetunde (Mustapha) to pray for him. From there, she passed information about his case to her boyfriend and they started demanding money from him to cure his headache, which they said was a spiritual attack. They eventually collected N25m from him. The man sold all his property, including five vehicles and a building. He also lost his business and became bankrupt. When they knew that the game was up, they threatened to kill him if he told anyone. The man wrote a petition, which the police followed up, and they were arrested.”

One of the arrested fraudsters, Lateef revealed that although Isiaka was cured of the head which was God’s doing but he craved for wealth, due to this we decided to exploit him.

However, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Dolapo Badmos, disclosed that they recovered fake currencies, charms and fetish items from their shrine. Adding that, the suspects will be arraigned in court.

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