Staff of a new generation bank
identified as Temitope and Yusuf, have been allegedly defrauded by an Alfa and
a prophetess, identified as Mubarak Abdulahi and Bola Ojo, respectively [Pictured above], in
Lagos.
Temitope, a marketer with the
bank, met one Ajibola who introduced himself to her as the aide of a renowned
politician.
He told her to assist him with
the exchange of $30,000 and asked her to bring the money to another bank and
collect the naira equivalent.
She agreed after much
persuasion with what she stood to gain from the fast deal, unknown to her that
she was dealing with fraudsters. Continue//
Customer’s funds
Yusuf withdrew the said amount
from a client’s account (names withheld) without permission, went with Temitope
to the bureau de change and changed it to $30,000 and then went to the
designated bank to give Ajibola the money.
When she got to the bank, she called
Ajibolatan to inform him that she was at the bank with the said amount.
However, trouble was said to
have started after he sent her the office address and asked her to bring the
money to his office, that as politicians, it was not safe for them to move
around with large sums of money.
She was said to have left
Yusuf, who was waiting in the car, boarded a motorcycle and went straight to
Ajibola’s office at 28, Samson Street. Oke-Odo.
Spiritual bath, disappearing
act
Vanguard learned that when she
got there, she did not meet Ajibola, but met Mubarak Abdulahi who hypnotised
her, gave her a sponge and soap, prayed for her and collected the money.
Abdulahi, it was learned, told
her to use the soap and sponge to bath, while Bola Ojo spoke from the background
as the voice of a purported holy ghost.
Immediately the fraudsters
collected the money, they disappeared.
After waiting for two hours,
she reportedly ran back to Yusuf and told him that she had been duped.
Meanwhile, the owner of the
account debited of N6,036, 000 called Yusuf, her account officer, to ask about
the debit.
He was said to have assured her
that all was well, that he would pay back the money, saying the colleague he
gave the money was duped.
Police
The account owner reportedly
petitioned the Commissioner of Police, who then referred the case to the
special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, for proper investigation.
During interrogation, Temitope
was said to have revealed how she met Adebisi Ajibola in the bank, who is
currently at large.
Abdulahi, who had closed his
office and relocated to Ilogbo in Ogun State was arrested, and his arrest led
to that of Bola Ojo, the prophetess.
Suspects’ story
Denying the allegation,
47-year-old, Abdulahi said: “I am an Alfa and a native doctor. It was my
brother, Ajibola that introduced me to Temi.
“She told me that she wants to
do money ritual, came to my house at Egbeda for prayers, that she needed to get
pregnant and needed money to start her own business as she was tired of her
banking job, which had become too stressful.
“I told her to bring N5.8
million to purchase the articles to prepare the rituals that would help her get
pregnant, and become as wealthy as she desires.
Hunch-backed camel
“She then brought the money
which I collected.
“I told her I was going to buy
seven camels that have hunch backs to prepare the concoction that will help her
get pregnant.
“I have been into fraud for a
while. I am married with four children, I am from Ilorin.”
The second suspect, Bola Ojo,
said: “I am a prophetess of K&S and founder of K&S Boluwatife Parish,
located at Iyana Ipaja.
“I have three children for
three different men. He asked me to do prayers for her and afterwards gave me
N200,000.
“I know he is an Alfa and most
times, I call him to help me perform rituals for my clients. But Alfa is not my
man friend.”
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