NSCDC NABS SUSPECTED RITUALIST, FRAUDSTER IN EKITI

Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 57- year - old suspected ritualist and fraudster, Yomi Akinwumi .

He allegedly obtained money from people under false pretence and thereafter hypnotise the victims .
Akinwumi was arrested in his shrine along Oke- Ila axis of Ado - Ekiti, the state capital, where charms , a woman’ s pant, a calabash and a picture of a popular prophet were recovered.
He, however , denied the pant was for rituals and that it belonged to his wife .

Akinwumi said , “ The pant belongs to my wife . It is neither for ritual purpose nor for another lady .
“ I am not a ritualist, ” he said .

His arrest followed a report to the NSCDC by three victims – Taiwo Oluwoye, 32, Adeola Joseph , 71, and Yusuf Bamidele , 36, who alleged that after Akinwunmi defrauded them of N 1 . 8 million under false pretence, he also hypnotised them so that they would not remember any transaction made with him .

The NSCDC State Commandant , Mr Solomon Iyamu , who spoke while parading Akinwunmi, said : “ The suspect is assisting us to apprehend other members of the gang , ” which network, he said , spread around the southwestern part of the country , adding , “ He will be charged to court after the preliminary investigation on the matter has been concluded . ”