Police has arrested two
suspected fraudsters who hypnotised a sales girl and collected the N1.4 million
her boss sent her to deposit in a bank in Oyo state.
The Oyo State Police
Command, Eleyele, Ibadan, paraded the suspects, Taiwo Salami (39) and
Kamorudeen Amusat (63), on Thursday. Speaking during the parade, the state
Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu, said the victim (names withheld), was
sent by her boss on May 6, at about 11:30 a.m. to deposit N1.4 million at a
bank in Dugbe area of the city.
Shina Olukolu said:
“On her way, she was
accosted by one of the suspects, Taiwo Salami, who hypnotised her, and having
lost her senses, she was taken to an abandoned house at Inalende area of the
city, where the cash was collected from her, while the suspects also inflicted
several injuries on her.
“On May 8, the victim’s
family members reported her disappearance at the divisional police headquarters
at Mokola. She was later rescued and taken to the hospital for medical
attention.
“The case was then
transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, and on June 7,
following a tip-off, the suspects were arrested around Eleyele, and upon
interrogation, they confessed to the crime,” Olukolu said.
Nigerian Tribune however
learnt that the fraudsters who hypnotised the girl, apart from inflicting
injuries on the victim, who was a virgin, raped her several times.
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