Men of the Nigeria police have arrested Suspected ritualists operating fake churches, and shrines in Abuja.
Spokesperson of Zone 7 Abuja police command, SP Istifanus Sunday Bako disclosed this in a statement.
He said the three arrested suspects, Uluko Adukwu (M), 28 years, Salisu Aduh “M”, 38 years, and Adams Halilu ‘M’ 24 years, were arrested by a team of detectives on April 5 at Jikwoyi and Orozo along Karu area of the FCT.
In the company of the suspects at the time of arrest were two small boys of ages 11 and 13 suspected to be their victims, all residents of Abuja and from Kogi State.
According to Bako “All suspects confessed to having been involved in using charms to defraud people, especially giving charms to cybercrime and internet fraudsters, aka Yahoo Plus, who in turn use the charm on their victims, which sometimes results in the death of some of the victims in order to achieve their aim and get whatever they want from their victims.
“During the operation, three empty caskets, one Toyota Prado Jeep, one Lexus 330 Car, and fifteen mobile phones were recovered from the suspects; some clothing and women’s underwear believed to have belonged to dead victims were also found at the scene of the crime,” he said.
Bako added that the AIG, Kayode Egbetokun (now DIG Kayode Egbetokun), encourages worshippers to be careful where they worship and report suspicious activities to the police.
