Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed reports,
The security agents of the Lagos State Department of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have apprehended two self-acclaimed spiritualists, identified as Alfa Abiodun Ibrahim and Wale Adifala, who along with one Ifawole Ajibola (also Baba Kalifa) allegedly conspired to defraud an aspiring House of Representatives member in Ekiti State, of the total sum of N24,071,000 which they claimed was to be used to secure spiritual help for the political bid.
Track News Nigeria covers that they were nabbed down on July 7, 2022 in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State a filed petition against them, alleging that after collecting the said sum, the whole efforts came to a dead end.
When interrogated by the EFCC, Adifala admitted that he collected the total sums of money from their victim, including N2.9 million, which he said was used to buy black, brown and white cows, rams, lavender perfume, rings among other items, to carry out sacrifices at different times.
In his words: “I also linked up on the matter with Ifawole Ajibola, and we continued with the sacrifices together, until we were arrested by EFCC.”
Ibrahim, who was the one who had prior contact with the victim, told Track News Nigeria that he took the money at different times.
“Our own is just to pray and do the necessary sacrifices, which we did, and to leave the rest to God, however, along the line, the zoning for the Reps seat was taken away from Oye-Ekiti to Ikole-Ekiti,” he said.
Track News Nigeria gathered that they were taken along with some of their instruments of trade.
