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The gallant operaives of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps
(NSCDC) from the Ondo State Command, have apprehended two clergymen in
Akure, the state capital, for sexually assaulting their church members
and defrauding them using diabolical and fetish means.
According to Vanguard, the suspects using diabolic means, defrauded
and sexually abused worshippers in their respective churches.
One of the suspects’ church is located in Ilorin, Kwara State, while the other is in Idanre area of the state.
It was gathered that the two clergymen always lure desperate ladies
looking for suitors and married women in search of children by
promising to cast out evil spirits obstructing their desires.
They would, in the process, use diabolic means to abuse them
sexually and defraud them by asking them for a certain amount of money
to prepare concoctions for them.
Exposed by members
Reports revealed that some members of their churches, who were not
comfortable with the development in the churches, tipped off NSCDC men,
who later set a trap for them.
While parading one of the suspects, the State Commandant of NSCDC,
Pedro Idebo, said an investigation was still on as regards the other
suspect, who is yet to be paraded, adding that some fetish items used in
swindling the victims were recovered from the two suspects.
His said: “The criminal activities of the culprits, mostly in
using fetish means, forced some church members to report the duo to the
NSCDC office in Akure.
“They also obtained various sums running into millions of Naira from members of their congregations under false pretences.
“We use this opportunity to warn the fake clergymen and women to urgently relocate from the state or face the law of the land.”
Idebo vowed to run fraudsters out of the state, adding that the
command will team up with sister agencies in the state in ensuring
criminals are not only apprehended, but equally prosecuted in a law
court.
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