78Years Old Man arrested while performing rituals on US based victim in Ekiti bush (Photo)

A seventy-eight-old man, Lawrence Ayeni and four
others have been arrested by the men of Ekiti State
Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly defrauding a Nigerian
based in the United States (U.S.), Okechukwu Omeniho,
of N300,000.
Ayeni, a suspected ritualist, was arrested yesterday
alongside four other members of his gang inside a bush
at Iwaro, Oke Ila Quarters of Ado-Ekiti, where they were
performing rituals on Omeniho.
Their victim was believed to have been charmed, under
the pretext of appeasing gods of fortunes and prosperity
for him.
According to the Nation ,Omeniho (49), when rescued
from his captors by the NSCDC, could not explain how
he fell into the hands of the fraudsters and ritualists and
committed such a huge amount of money to people he
had never met before after being tricked from his base.
According to the Commandant of NSCDC, Donatus
Ikemefuna, Omeniho is a businessman who hails from
Owerri, Imo State but resides in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
The victim wept uncontrollably when the
suspects were paraded shortly after their arrest.
“We are encouraging any defrauded victim to
come out and identify the suspects paraded or
give details of their experiences so that the
activities of these occultists and fraudsters can
be eliminated completely,” he said.