BUSTED!!!Fetish 419 Syndicate In Ibadan Arrested By Police With Their Costumes (Photos)

The Oyo State Police Command
yesterday paraded a gang of highly
fetish 419 syndicate which
specialised in defrauding
unsuspecting citizens of huge sums
of money.
The police said they deceived their
victims by claiming to cure their
various ailments.
The breakthrough was made by the
Command’s anti-Kidnapping Squad
who discovered the gang’s shrines
at Baale-Ayo, Asejire and Balogun
village off Eleyele/Ido road as well
as two poultry farms each of which
costs 50 million naira while the
cummulative value of their illegal
services is over 800 million naira.
Oyo State Police Commissioner,
Muhammed Katsina parading
suspected fraudsters arrested
yesterday in Ibadan. On display are
their juju costumes which the Police
discovered in the building that
harbours their shrines.
The suspects include Sherifat
Badamosi, a female, 48 years who
played the role of the witch,
Samsondeen Abiola a male, 42 years,
a photographer whose role was to
lure rich victims to their trap,
Oriyomi Adebayo a male, 41 years,
who played the role of a spy, Alhaji
Akeem Azeez Olayode, a male, 37
years, leader of the gang and
Ayankule Ayanlowo a male, 43 years
who played the role of a fake
herbalist.
According to Azeez Olayode, who
admitted to be a ‘419’ said “I was a
Fuji musician and my stage name is
Santana, I was duped and those who
duped me told me to become a
fraudster in a bid to retrieve my
money and that was how I started.
I started 6 years ago, I don’t know
those people we dupe personally, I
am usually linked up when their is
any job, they call on me. They call
me when they have customers so
that we can work together.
I help them in blending leaves for
concoction. When someone who has
problem comes to the Babalawo for
diabetes, stroke or other ailments,
the man whom we work together
has juju, he will cure the diabetes or
any other ailment they bring, when
the problem is cured, we ask the
person to pay a certain amount.
The Babalawo is not genuine, he is a
fake Babalawo.
I can say I have duped like 10
people, the first person paid 30
million naira to cure diabetes, he
paid in batches like 5,7,8 million.
Their was one that had injury in the
leg which was not healing up and he
paid 15 million naira”.
Another suspect, Ayankunle
Ayanlowo, who admitted to be a
fake herbalist said, “I know how to
make concoction, I get connected
through Azeez Olayode to the clients
and they pay me 500,000 naira per
operation, I don’t have a car but I
have a house”.
For the photographer, Mr
Samsondeen, ” I met Mr Olayode at
Options, a club very close to officers
mess, I am a photographer, I take
photographs at options and that was
how I got his contact.
When his child was doing Islamic
graduation I did three albums for
him so I see him as a customer.
When the Police came to my house
that night, they asked if I was the
photographer they called on phone
and I was told to follow them.
I move around, I don’t have a shop, I
am even supposed to be in Ilorin
presently” he said.
Among the items recovered from
the syndicate are three assorted
cars, a toyota venza saloon car
which costs 4.8 million naira, 4matic
mercedes benz jeep which costs 6
million naira, honda crosstour
saloon car which 3.5 million naira
and assorted criminal charms.
According to the Commissioner of
Police Mohammad Musa Katsina,
“this place is a place where many
victims have visited and all of them
came here but left this environment
in bruises.
The gentleman (Azeez Olayode) who
spoke with you is the leader of this
hypnotising syndicate that whenever
you are brought here, they do
everything to diminish your sense or
any sense in you and as result they
subdue you to the point of parting
with anything that is valuable.
He met an octogenarian who is in
Ibadan and dispossessed him of the
sum of 30 million naira. Somebody
living in the United States of
America who came to this place was
also unfortunate enough to have
fallen into their trap, he did not
leave their trap until they defrauded
him the sum of 20 million naira,
they have duped many people here
and today we are here and has I did
tell you I have the capacity and well
withal to deal with them to chase
them wherever they are” he said.
On behalf of the people of Oloya
village, the youth leader however
expressed his gratitude and
appreciated the efforts of the Police
to save them from this menace
saying all efforts made by them have
been abortive”.
Source: Vanguard