Police in Oyo State yesterday paraded a suspected fraudster, Ismaila Adesina, who was arrested at a shrine with fake currencies and charms. The 43-year-old Adesina was paraded at his Isase area hideout at Ojoku in Ona-Ara Local Government Are of the state. The suspect told journalists that he was a herbalist and that he inherited the art from his late father.
Adesina, however, confessed that he was not utilising the inheritance for spiritual activities but fraud in connivance with his colleagues, now at large. He said: “I have been into this fraudulent act in the last five years. My wife left me and two children because I was poor.
We do make N150,000 to N200,000 per business. Most of our clients are from Abuja and Akpan in Kogi State.” Chief Moses Taiwo, the Baale of Ojoku community, told journalists that it was a sad development in the history of the community. He commended the police for tracking the culprit. The baale said that the suspects bought the land in the community on the pretence that they were theatre practitioners. He urged the police to prosecute the culprit and pull down the entire hideout.
The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Katsina, said the era of kidnapping and other criminal activities was over in the state. He said: “I have launched some operations aimed at dominating, suffocating and forcing out criminals from the state.” Two Toyota Camry cars and a Nissan Almera belonging to the suspects were recovered from the hideout.
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