Admin l Wednesday, May 23, 2018
IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria – A Lagos magistrate court sitting in Ikeja today remanded 5 witch doctors in prison for defrauding a businessman who was looking for solution to his spiritual problem to the tune of N4.7 million. The accused are : Idowu Olofin,(32) Korede Akomolafe,(30) Temitope Oluyemi,(43), Wale Onifade,(36) and Seun Fabusola,(28), all residents of Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti. They were arraigned on 3-count charge of stealing, fraud and obtaining under false pretences.
Chief Magistrate, A.A. Fashola, granted the accused N500,000 bail each with two sureties each in like sum. Sureties should be gainfully employed and must produce evidence of payment to the Lagos State Government (LASG) for a period of three years.
He also ordered the prosecutor to verify the residential addresses of the sureties.They will however remain in Kirikiri Prison pending perfection of their conditions. Hearing of the case comes up June 6, 2018.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Michael Unah, had told the court that the accused allegedly collected N4. 7 million from the complainant (name withheld).
“The accused fraudulently collected the sum of N4.7 million from the complainant by reciting some incantations to help him solve his spiritual problems.The defendants took the complainant to the beach where they wilfully collected the money from him. The complainant who later regained his senses after the accused persons had left, reported the matter to the police’’ the prosecutor said.
He told the court that the accused committed the offences on May 3 at 9.30 a.m. at Alpha Beach, Ajah in Lagos State. The prosecutor said that the accused bought a Toyota Camry and Lexus 330 salon cars from the money they fraudulently obtained from the complainant. The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 287 and 314 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 (Revised).
