A 72-year –old man, Abiodun Bamgbopa and seven others have been arrested for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting members of the public through spiritual help.
The other suspects are Olashile Raheem (35), Nureni Raheem (32), Raphael Joseph (24), Ganiu Olawale (24), Adenubi Samiu (25), Mustapha lukman (39) and Raimi Ramoni (42).
The suspected syndicates were said to have been arrested at their shrine on January 11, at Ago Iwoye area of Ogun State.
The Ogun State Police Command police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said, the suspects were arrested following a tip off from members of the public at their suspicious movement in Ago-Iwoye.
He said upon receiving the information, the Divisional Police Officer of Ago-Iwoye CSP Ade Adedoyin immediately directed his detectives to be on the trail of the suspects and technically profile them.
Oyeyemi said, the police detectives were able to trail them to their shrine where they use to swindle their unsuspecting victims whom they deceived by rendering one spiritual help and then defraud them of millions of naira.
After the suspects were arrested, they were taken to Ago-Iwoye police station where they later confessed that they capitalized on the gullibility of their victims to dupe them of millions of naira.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered a thorough investigation into the activities of the syndicate and said they should thereafter be charge to a court after completion of the investigation.
