Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has paraded nine suspects arrested for various offences ranging from illegal mining, child abuse, car theft and fraud across the state.
Parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun NSCDC commandant, Mr Emmanuel Ocheja, said the suspects would be dragged before the court after completion of an investigation into their various offences.
Presenting one of the suspects arrested for fraud, Mr Ocheja said the 26-year old furniture maker, Muftau Adeyemo and his accomplice, Hezekiah Oladehi had obtained money from a woman, with a promise to assist her spiritually to improve her business.
One of the suspects, Adeyemo said he engaged in fraud due to financial difficulty, adding that he had defrauded many people before he got into trouble after obtaining money from a woman who was seeking spiritual help for improving her business.
He said “I reside in Ile – Ife, I am married with a Kid. I learnt Furniture after secondary school but when I didn’t get money to start up my own shop, I decide to engage in illegal activities.
“I was into Yahoo Yahoo business before I learnt the act of obtaining money fraudulently through a brother who lives near my house in Ife. I have known Hezekiah since childhood and we do business together. What we normally do is to call our victims on phone and pretend as an old herbalist man who can solve their problems.
“My last victim wanted her business to boom and I told her to send money to my account promising to prepare a charm that will attract more customers to her shop.”
Also paraded was a 29-year-old man, Ibrahim Abdulrahman, in whose custody a suspected stolen car was recovered.
The NSCDC boss said the car was stolen in Osogbo but recovered by the NSCDC officers in Kano state, adding that the stolen car had been retired to the owner.
The suspect, however, denied stealing the car, claiming he bought the vehicle for N600, 000 and drove it to Kano.
Also paraded was a housewife, Zainab Afeez, who had allegedly molested her daughter by engaging her in child labour and poured hot water on her, while two others -Amos Danbaba, Mohammed Jubril were paraded for illegal mining.
Also presented to newsmen were Emmanuel Adeyeye, Nasir Adamu and Isa Muhammed arrested for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products and adulteration.
Adenitan Akinola
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