I’ve Lost Count Of Victims I Duped As Ifa Priestess – Housewife Says

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

A 45-year-old housewife, Mrs.  Ashile Basirat, has confessed to the Police that she was a confirmed fraudster and had lost count of those she had duped while disguising as Ifa priestess.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the mother of five children was paraded by Ogun State Police Command for allegedly conspiring with robbers to dupe passengers in Abeokuta, area of the State.
Mrs. Bashirat told the Police that she took to the illicit act of duping people because she had once been a victim.
She said her children had advised her to stop the illicit business as her venture into the trade did not yield the desired profit making her continue with it.
This was confirmed by the Police Commissioner in the state, who said that Mrs.  Basirat was in Police custody undergoing interrogations.He explained that the suspect, Bashirat, was a member of a fraud syndicate engaged in fooling unsuspecting passengers by hypnotising them before taking them to the nearest Automated Teller Machine to dispose them of their cash. He said the syndicate specialised in driving cabs, pretending to be drivers and simulate passengers in order to dupe unsuspecting members of the public. Other members of the syndicate are Leonard Ifeanyi, Tajudeen Erinosho and Ashimiyu Olaniyan.
Explaining how her gang operated before they were apprehended, Basirat claimed that her gang members act as passengers in a taxi, pretending to be waiting for one more passenger.
She said whenever a victim falls into the trap, they will tell him or her that there was money in the booth which could not be spent because it was spiritually locked. She further explained that the victim would be persuaded to follow them to a priest”He or she would be brought to me, while I pretend to be an Ifa priestess (Iya Alawo)” she said.
The Police boss said that the suspect will be charged to Court while efforts were being made to arrest the other suspects now at large.