I LOST N10 MILLION TO WITCHES!!!

 

One of the wives Deborah

A man whose stock-in-trade is using his three wives to pose as witches to defraud unsuspecting victims with false promises of a better future, has been declared wanted by the Lagos state police.

The man named Awosina Folorunsho and his wives Debo­rah, Hadiza and Folake were caught when Moses Okafor, husband of their latest victim, 

Helen Okafor, trailed his wife to their    hideout at Sango Ota in Ogun state.

Helen had already allegedly paid over N10 million to the syndi­cate before her husband heard about their activities and alerted the police at the Lagos state com­mand, Ikeja, where operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad were detailed to storm their hideout.

One of the wives, Deborah was arrested while Awosina and the other wives fled the compound.

Narrating what happened, Helen, who owns a cosmetic shop in Balogun market, Lagos Island, said she became desperate when the shop of her neighbour, who could barely pay her rent in the market, started to flourish.

She was advised by a friend to seek an alternative source of attracting customers.

Helen said: “She was the one who suggested that I should read that particular newspaper. I saw the advert in one of the national dailies. The advert was a solution to stagnant businesses. When I called them, they told me that it will only cost about N10,000 for prayers and buying the necessary ingredients.

“Initially, I went to see them at Mushin and I was given a form to fill with my passport. They took N8000 and told me that the money was meant to be used to buy all the in­gredients which include chicken, hot drink and some other things that would be used to appease the gods.

“During the consultation, the herbalist told me that it was my neighbors in the market that had stolen my star. I believed because my business suddenly started dwindling. I can hardly finish selling my cosmetics in three months.

“After much prayer, he said that we will travel down to Sango Ota to collect money that I will reinvest in my business.”

When they got to Sango Ota, she was ushered into a very big compound and asked to go and sit in the living room. While she was in the living room, the light suddenly went off and started blinking.

I wanted to run out but discovered that the door was locked. It was then three women all dressed in white appeared. They showed me a carton full of money and asked me to go and bring N3million to cleanse the money and make it mine.

“Baba came in shivering and told me to do it or I will die. He said this was the only way I will have the opportu­nity to make it. By the time he calculated the amount need­ed, it was about N3.5 million. After seeing those women who claimed that they are witches of the land, I thought I will die. I quickly made available the amount and gave them”, she said.

When she returned with the money, she was again asked to dip her hands into a pot and this time only two women appeared. She was told that many evil spirits were after her and she was asked to bring N6million to handle the sac­rifice. She was also assured that the last pot contained what she needed.

Scared for her life, she said she had no choice but to get the money.

“I returned on the agreed date to dip my hand in the third pot but my husband who trailed me, stormed the room and broke the pot. It was then my eyes opened. Inside the pot was another paper written that I should bring N10million or my entire family will be wiped out. I guess that I was un­der a spell and I thank God for using my husband to rescue me. I guess I was under a spell.”

Deborah, one of the wives who was caught, claims that her husband is a very popular herbalist in Sango Ota.

“He is a well-known herbalist and has customers across the country. His medicine is very potent, that is why people patronize us. This is an unfortunate situation. No one is after the woman and if I tell her, she will still go to another place and spend that money. It was the devil that took over us because we are genuine persons,” she stated.

She added that they had not received their share of the money from their husband before they were arrested by the police.

The victim’s husband, Okafor, said he became wor­ried when he realised that his wife was sneaking out of the house early in the morning and returning home very late. One day he trailed her and that is how he found out what was going on.