A middle aged northern spiritualist and mystic who allegedly claims to have powers to double money has been arrested by the police in Abuja for dupping a Lagos based businessman of N70m.
The mystic who operates in Mubi, Yobe state and identified as Alhaji Salau Salihu reportedly used a man who presented himself as a serving police officer Inspector Daniel to convince the businessman, Patrick Iga Ogbonna that the he has spiritual powers to double money and bring about financial breakthrough by offering certain prayers and rituals including the use of special perfume said to attract wealth.
It was gathered that the business who claims to have established extensive networks, including acquaintances within Nigeria Police Force failed to their trick and released the N70m in tranches through his bank to the Alhaji waiting for the money to be doubled until the trick blew open..
According to the businessman, the police man, Inspector Daniel persistently persuaded me to consider a money-doubling scheme being operated by one Alhaji, a self-proclaimed mystic and spiritualist based in Mubi, Yobe state.
He assured me that Alhaji’s powers could bring about financial breakthrough a by offering certain prayers and rituals, including the use of a special perfume said to attract wealth. He further said the Alhaji had been doing it for many people and can easily change foreign currencies after performing certain rituals.
“I became sceptical after he started asking for goats, cow and other life animals to be slaughtered for the ritual. At that stage, I started making frantic inquiries which revealed that he also usually uses human beings fo rituals. That was why I hastily demanded for the N70m I had already paid to him through my bank to be refunded.”.
It was learned that his failure to refund the money made the business man to petition the police headquarters in Abuja and the Alhaji was swiftly arrested and detained after he confessed that he received the money from the business man.
Reports said that after his detention with court order, he started making frantic efforts to be released by using some people that claim to be Moslem clerics for him to be granted bail based on fake claims that he is diabetic and needed urgent medical attention.
Police sources said the business man has already objected vehemently to his false claims insisting that he must refund his money especially when he lied that it was only N20m that he collected and not N70m.
The business man also alleged that the suspect has been dupping many Nigerians pretending to be mystic and spiritualist and pleaded with the police to ensure that he will face the full rot of the law to ensure that he will not continue with his criminal acts.
