Police arrest 13 for fraud, cult activities in Osun

Police operatives successful Osun State person arrested 13 suspects for alleged fraud, stealing and cultism.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, made this known connected Monday portion addressing journalists during a property league successful Osogbo.

Gotan said the arrests were portion of caller efforts to combat transgression and criminality crossed the state.

“Eight of the suspects were apprehended implicit alleged offences of obtaining wealth nether mendacious pretence and stealing, involving aggregate victims and fiscal transactions,” helium said.

He identified the suspects arsenic “49 twelvemonth aged Akinsoyinu Hellen, 22 twelvemonth aged Salim Usman Abubakar, 35 twelvemonth aged Gbadegesin Oyeyemi Moses, 23 twelvemonth aged Imole Olanrewaju, 40 twelvemonth aged Ojo Adetayo, 50 twelvemonth aged Olanrewaju Dayo, 53 twelvemonth aged Ogunleye Femi and 60 twelvemonth aged Kerubu Oluwagbemi”.

According to the police, “The lawsuit involving Akinsoyinu Hellen began aft a complainant was introduced to her nether the assertion that her son, based successful the United States, regularly shipped vehicles to Nigeria.

“She allegedly told the complainant that 2 trucks belonging to her lad were awaiting clearance astatine a larboard and collected a full sum of N13.2 cardinal nether that pretence.

“Investigations aboriginal revealed that the claims were fabricated, and the images of the trucks sent to the complainant had been downloaded from the internet.”

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