Ekiti State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 57 -year - old suspected ritualist and fraudster , Yomi Akinwumi .
He allegedly obtained money from people under false pretence and thereafter hypnotise the victims .
Akinwumi was arrested in his shrine along Oke- Ila axis of Ado - Ekiti , the state capital , where charms , a woman ’ s pant , a calabash and a picture of a popular prophet were recovered.
He , however , denied the pant was for rituals and that it belonged to his wife.
Akinwumi said , “ The pant belongs to my wife. It is neither for ritual purpose nor for another lady .
“ I am not a ritualist , ” he said .
His arrest followed a report to the NSCDC by three victims – Taiwo Oluwoye , 32 , Adeola Joseph , 71 , and Yusuf Bamidele , 36 , who alleged that after Akinwunmi defrauded them of N1 . 8 million under false pretence , he also hypnotised them so that they would not remember any transaction made with him .
The NSCDC State Commandant, Mr Solomon Iyamu , who spoke while parading Akinwunmi , said : “The suspect is assisting us to apprehend other members of the gang , ” which network , he said , spread around the southwestern part of the country , adding , “ He will be charged to court after the preliminary investigation on the matter has been concluded . ”
