By Ayodele Oni
A Middle aged man, from Iropora Ekiti, who allegedly stole church offering, amounting to over N600,000 at a religious camp, in Ikeji Arakeji area of Osun state, said he was under spell and sought the wrath of God on those he claimed were behind his travail.
Speaking while being paraded, in Ado, Ekiti state capital, along with 19 other suspects, by the police for stealing, the man (names withheld) explained that he couldn’t have found himself in such a situation if not that he was under a spell.
He stated that this made him to report himself to the police at a check point insisting that he was not arrested, before being brought to Ado Ekiti.
“I had passed the police check point after identifying myself as a security personnel, but my conscience would not allow me rest, reason why I had to report myself to the police.”
Earlier the, Ekiti State Police Public Relations officer, Sunday Abutu, had paraded the suspects alongside nineteen others for different crimes, ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, attempted murder, burglary and conspiracy.
Abutu explained that the suspects, who were arrested at different locations, were among those terrorizing Ikere and other areas of the State.
The PPRO added that the arrests were made possible through the efforts of men of the Command and credible intelligence from members of the public.
He added that the suspects would be charged to court after completion of necessary investigations and arrest of fleeing ones.
Items recovered from the suspects included two big power generating sets, shoes, clothes and money.
