Ekiti: Police Arrests Herbalist For Rape, Others For Kidnapping

By Ayodele Oni

In a quest to get rich quick and boost her business, a 50 years old woman has been defrauded by a herbalist in Ekiti State to the tune of N10.4 million.

The herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim, is now cooling off in detention following his arrest by  Ekiti State Police Command’s Anti-Fraud Unit.

Apart from duping her, Ibrahim allegedly raped the victim, who is from Ogun State.

Police revealed that the herbalist allegedly duped the businesswoman to the tune of N10,400,000:00 and thereafter raped her on several occasions.

The Police Public Relations Officer,  Sunday Abutu, while briefing newsmen disclosed that the suspect had unlawful carnal knowledge of her more than three times and threatened that she will die if she informed anyone including her husband.

According to him, the  victim explained  that she met Ibrahim in Aramoko-Ekiti sometime in September, 2019 when her business was retrogressing and was told to meet him for some rituals in order to make her business flourish and stable.

She narrated that between September 2019 and 2021, the herbalist has collected N8 million through bank transfers and additional N2.4 million cash from her as the cost of the rituals.

She further said that the suspect has had unlawful carnal knowledge of her more than three times since then and threatened that she will die if she informs anyone including her husband.

The victim decided to open up to her family members after she started noticing negative signs all over her body, lost her menstruation, lost her business and became very ill.

A family member thereafter informed the police, which led to the arrest of the herbalist.

The  suspect admitted that he only collected N8 million from her in order to assist her in prayers that will boost her business.

Meanwhile 29 other persons were paraded for offenses of cultism, kidnapping and bungling.

Among those paraded is one Ayomide Femi also known as Bafem for Burglary and stealing.

Others paraded by the command included one Ajewole Peter, known as Peter Ifaki, said to be the brain behind the robbery attack at a new generation bank in Ifaki Ekiti.

Abutu said part of the achievements of the command was the arrest of some suspected persons who burgled fayose market some weeks ago.

The spokesman, who said the suspects would be charged to court after investigation, explained that some of the suspects were arrested for cultism, kidnappings and illegal possession of firearm.