The police in Oyo state yesterday June 1st uncovered a shrine where fake
currencies(pounds, euros, dollars) are produced in Isase, Ojoku, in Ona
Ara Local Government Area of the state.
The state commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina while taking
pressmen on an inspection of the area, said the the den was discovered
through intelligence gathering. Fake currencies, including Euros,
Pounds, Dollars as well as fetish things(charms, statues, cowries) were
discovered in the place. Also cars including two Toyota Camry and a Nissan
Almera were discovered at the
shrine. See the photos after the cut..
When interrogated, one of the suspects apprehended, 43 year old Ismail
Adesina, who says he is a herbalist, denied being involved in kidnapping
or ritual activities but says he and his other members who are
currently at large, are involved in producing fake currencies. He said
he and his gang members deceived their victims and extorted money from
them.
"I am a herbalist and I inherited the skill from my father. I am also a
conman. I cured diabetes, barrenness, blindness and other ailments. I
have cured many people. My partner, who escaped yesterday, knows how the
currencies were produced. Taju and Wasiu are my other partners. We have
been here for about four years. We collected varying sums of money from
our victims but we do not kidnap people. We bought the land in the bush
and built the houses. I am a native of Beyerunka in Ibadan.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com.. The names
of our victims are with my partners. We have deceived up to five
persons, comprising four men and one woman. The woman came to us because
she was barren. We asked her to bring N150,000 or N200,000. We built
this place ourselves. We do the work of Babalawo here. Our clients used
to come from as far as Abuja. I hail from Beyerunka, Ibadan. My father
was a Babalawo. But my father was not a fraudster like me. The owners of
the cars are our partners that usually bring customers to us. My wife
divorced me and went away with the two kids she had for me. She left me
about two years ago because she asked me for money and I did not have. I
have been into this business before the divorce issue came in.”he said
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