A 46-year-old woman identified as Omolara Solanke has been arrested for allegedly defrauding one Rasaq Salami, an aspirant in the forthcoming local government election in Osun State.
Radio Nigeria gathered that Omolara alongside five others assured the 48-year-old Rasaq Salami that he would win the election once the necessary spiritual support was rendered for him.
A source who confided in our correspondent explained that the aspirant (Salami) was taken to Ekiti State where they took the Two million six hundred and eighty thousand naira, but unfortunately failed to provide the spiritual substances nor make themselves available to his requests.
Salami was said to later lodge a complaint with the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ekiti State which led to the arrest of one Omolara Solanke .
The spokesperson of NSCDC, Osun State, Mr Daniel Adigun, confirmed the incident.
In a statement made available to Radio Nigeria in Osogbo, Mr Adigun said one Solanke Omolara was arrested on the allegation of collecting the sum of Two million six hundred and eighty thousand naira only along with five others now at large from the complainant named, Rasaq Salami, Male, 48, to help him to secure victory in the forthcoming local government election in Osun State.
The NSCDC spokesperson who said the arrest followed a signal from the Ekiti command, added that the suspect had been handed over to the Ekiti State office of the NSCDC for further investigation and possible prosecution.
Adenitan Akinola
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