From Our Correspondent
The Osun State Command of the Amotekun Corps has arrested a 51-year-old man (name withheld) for allegedly defrauding nine people of N1.5 million.
A statement by the command made available by the Public Relations Officer of the state Amotekun Corps,
Idowu Yusuff, spokesman of the Amotekun Corps said the suspect collected the monies from the people on the pretence of assisting them obtain International Passportd and to process registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission.
Yusuff also said the suspect perpetrated the act at the Oluyole area of Ibadan, Oyo State. He added that men of the Corps got wind of the matter when they received complaints from the victims.
“Osun Amotekun last week arrested a 51-year-old man (name withheld), an indigene of Igbara Odo of Ekiti State.
“He allegedly defrauded nine victims of N1.597.000 at the Oluyole area of Ibadan in Oyo State.
“He pappetrated the fraud under the guise of processing of C.A.C registration and International Passport for them.
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“Amotekun arrested the suspect after Amotekun Command in Ayedaade Command in GBogan received a complaint. Our operatives immediately swung into action by tracking the suspect, who absconded from Ibadan to Igbara Odo in Ekiti State,” Yusuff stated.
According to the spokesman, the suspect has constantly been changing his mobile number, thus making it difficult for operatives to get his whereabouts.
“But during technical analysis, the Amotekun (operatives) discovered he has relocated to Igbara Odo. Following a tip off from his girlfriend, operatives were able to arrested him.”
The Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, reitrted Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, said the command had handed the suspect over to the Oyo State Command of the corps for further Interrogation and prosecution.
Adewinbi explained that during investigation, the command discovered that the suspect has been using multiple names to perpetrate the frauds.
He has allegedly been using names like Ayodeji Harry-young and Samuel Ayodeji. He also had multiple phone numbers and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards bearing different names to perpetrate fraud.
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