EFCC Arrests Herbalist Over N45M Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, Oyo
State, on Thursday said a herbalist had been arrested by its operatives
for falsely obtaining N45m from a victim under the pretext of offering
herbal and spiritual healing.
A statement from the EFCC Head of
Public Affairs in the zone, Ayo Oyewole, said the suspect, Aminat
Okiribiti, 34, committed the crime with two other accomplices at large,
one of who is said to be her husband.
The statement said, “Aminat
(Okiribiti) was arrested for an alleged case of conspiracy and
obtaining money under false pretences. In a rehash of the old infamous
advance fee fraud tactic of spiritual help and solution to all problems,
a victim recounted her ordeal in the hands of a syndicate to our
operatives, signalling a warning to the public.
“Aminat, alongside other three cohorts still at
large, conspired, using the decoy of providing cure and spiritual
solution to the health challenges of the victim’s children and fleeced
her of the sum of N45m.
“Aminat, who is married to one Wande
Okiribiti, 47, who is still at large, confessed that some of the money
obtained from the victim was collected through her (Aminat’s) bank
account domiciled in one of the new generation banks located in Ibadan.”
The
statement said Aminat and the victim met sometime in October 2014, at
Utako, Abuja, adding that the suspect would be charged to court at the
end of investigation.
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