Policemen from the Zone 2 Command, Lagos have arrested two suspected fraudsters who allegedly specialises in duping people at a shrine in Ogun State.
Police Public Relations Officer Zone 2 Command , SP Dolapo Badmos , disclosed this in a statement made available to The Dream Daily Newspapers in Lagos.
The statement reads: “Operatives of the Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS) while on routine Patrol along Owode Obafemi Ofada Road Ogun State on March 27, 2017 at about 1000hrs discovered a Toyota Sienna bus packed in a suspicious manner. The operatives accosted the occupants, and upon enquiries discovered that the occupants are suspected fraudsters whose modus operandi is to lure people into a shrine and dupe them of their hard earned money.
“Upon investigation it was discovered that the suspected fraudsters, Olayinka Adeola ‘m’ and Ibrahim Balogun ‘m’ had lured their victim, a 64-year-old nurse named Goodluck Ogbodu of Effa Street, Ughelli Delta State to Lagos State in order to make him rich.
“The suspects had obtained a sum of One hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150,000)from the victim. The loot was recovered from the shrine. The suspects who have confessed to the crime also stated that they have used the same mode to dupe many unsuspected victims. The case will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.”
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