Spiritualist jailed after recording Indian woman during private spiritual bath

The Federal High Court successful Abuja has sentenced a fake spiritualist, Solomon Odigie Moses, to 1 twelvemonth successful situation aft helium defrauded an Indian pistillate of $1,100 and recorded her during a backstage spiritual bath.

Justice C.N. Nwabulu sentenced Moses connected Tuesday, September 8, 2026, aft helium pleaded blameworthy to a one-count complaint of cheating and impersonating a spiritualist.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Moses was arrested successful Ekpoma, Edo State, aft obtaining the wealth from the Indian woman, who had sought spiritual healing.

The committee said Moses utilized a fake TikTok relationship to airs arsenic a spiritual person and received the $1,100 done his Zelle outgo platform, aft which the naira equivalent was paid into his section slope account.

The EFCC said Moses aboriginal deceived the pistillate into taking a nude spiritual bath, which helium recorded without her permission, earlier threatening to marque the video nationalist unless she paid him.

The pistillate yet paid $1,100 to halt him from releasing the video, the committee said.