26-Year-Old Man, Abiodun Joseph Arrested For Impersonating Ooni of Ife (Photo)

The Police in Ogun State have arrested a 26-year-old man, Abiodun Joseph, for allegedly impersonating the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. The suspect, according to the State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, was said to have created social media accounts, Facebook and Whatsapp to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.

The CP told newsmen that the suspect was arrested, last Wednesday, at Ilese -Ijebu area of the state following a tip-off, and he was said to have duped some unnamed people to the tune of N600,000.

The suspect said he started the scam last year October and that he had successfully defrauded two women based abroad.

Joseph told journalists said he lured his victims on the pretence that he wanted to marry them, by requesting for their Nood pictures and money, so as to perform spiritual act before marrying him.

Joseph, who hailed from Ilaje in Ondo State, said he learnt computer works after his secondary education in 2008.

He said he got a sum of N350,000 and N250,000 from the two victims identified as Aderonke and Williams respectively, while the money were wired to him through Western Union at a bank in Ijebu-Ode, he said.

Joseph said, “I attended Ilese Comprehensive High School and graduated in 2008. I’m married and have a three-year-old child. I learnt computer works in Lagos, but when there was no means, I thought of how to make ends meet.

“I started this scam last October. I used to see the picture of Ooni online and resolved to use it. Therefore, I used it to create Facebook and Whatsapp platforms.

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Posted: at 24-04-2017 09:09 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Thief

Posted: at 24-04-2017 09:37 PM (7 years ago) | Hero

And kison, beneno, gogoman, buncho, morgan1, will still say i shud nt blame this on buhari?
Just look at d situation first...........chai? Buhari.... See wat u hav caused now???

Posted: at 24-04-2017 10:14 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Now See wat is hapenin here,,,,,,, while som scrupulous mistificated politicians are busy looting and embezzling the people's money and hiding it in their farms...............

We shall see their end.....

Posted: at 24-04-2017 10:16 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac

if you don't no what to comment go and SLP stop disturbn ple with ur stupid comments, every thing has now turned to buhari before it was jona posting stupid comments the country is bad and has been during the obj time so thing before its too late not in supost of buhari thou but don't use that as a media to ur failure ass wipe

Posted: at 24-04-2017 10:28 PM (7 years ago) | Newbie

Ole,,,,

Posted: at 24-04-2017 11:33 PM (7 years ago) | Hero

Bursted

Posted: at 25-04-2017 04:20 PM (7 years ago) | Hero