The suspect, Fatai Babatunde while being paraded by the police.
THE arrest and arraignment of Fatai Abiola Babatunde in a court of law about two years ago seems not to have deterred him from engaging in criminal activities, as he has been arrested again by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Oyo/Ogbomoso annexe in Oyo State Police Command.

 Babatunde (34) was rearrested on October 15, 2015 in Ilorin, Kwara State in the residence of a Quranic teacher where he was trailed to, after the SARS operatives, led by the Officer-in-Charge, Olusola Aremu, got information on his whereabouts. Crime Reports learnt that Babatunde ran to Ilorin when he learnt that the operatives were after him.

Speaking with Crime Reports on the arrest of the suspect, the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade, said that about four posh cars, including a Honda CRV (2012 model) with registration number KWL 280 CN, Toyota Camry with registration number LSR 418 DJ, Nissan Altima with registration number KJA 963 CA and Ford Focus with registration number KRD 837 DQ, were recovered from Babatunde, who could not give account of a lawful means of livelihood. This, he added, raised the suspicion of his being involved in armed robbery.

The police commissioner also revealed that the suspect was involved in internet fraud, and had confessed to successfully hacking into the bank accounts of several victims. Oyebade, however, said that his men were already on the trail of the suspect’s gang members while investigation was being carried out to get more facts about his operations.

Crime Reports learnt that Babatunde was once charged to court for being a receiver of a stolen vehicle but was granted bail at the High Court, Ogbomoso. But the police got information that he was into a worse crime, so SARS started monitoring him. It was further learnt he had just built a shopping complex, with no tangible evidence of means of livelihood to back his wealth.

In an interview with Babatunde, he opened up to Crime Reports thus: “I am a yahoo boy. I started with online dating to dupe unsuspecting foreign ladies, but when I was not getting enough, I went into hacking accounts of international banks. Recently, I got $10,000. I achieved this through spamming by knowing companies with high tax return. I hacked into such accounts. I would pass the fund through the account of a foreigner I was dating online and she would send it to me in Nigeria, wrapped with clothes and sent through a courier company as a parcel.

“I also did money rituals. I didn’t know what the native doctor I went to used to prepare the rituals but I paid him N200,000 for the job.

“Since then, I used to get N2 million every 23 days in my wardrobe. I was also told that I will not be able to have children because of the ritual.

“I bought the vehicles found with me. The Honda CRV 2012 model was purchased online and it was shipped to Nigeria. I paid over 18,000 dollars for it. The Nissan Altima was given to me by my elder brother. I bought the Ford Focus from a dealer. I bought the Toyota Camry from someone at Igando, Lagos State and had sold it to one Azeez over a year ago.”

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