By Ayodele Oni
Ondo State command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) is in custody of two female siblings who have been going around to dupe Government and prominent people in the state on the pretence of being muslim converts.
The fraudsters claim that they were being ostracised by their parents for converting to Islamic Religion, thereby enjoying the symparty of their victims.
The NSCDC Commandant, Dr Hammed Bodunrin, while parading the suspects in Akure on Thursday, revealed that the State Pilgrims Welfare Board and prominent Islamic Clerics in the State have fallen victims.
The Commandant stated that the three-member fraudulent syndicate; Oluwaseun Toyin, female aged 32 years, Quazeem Ismail, male aged 40 years and Tosin Michael, female aged 26 years were arrested at No 4 Oke Uro Street, Irese town in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State.
According to him, information deduced from the statement volunteered by the suspects revealed that Oluwaseun Toyin conspired with her husband Ismail Quazeem and her sister Tosin Michael as they both disguised with Hijab and claimed to be converted Muslims while defrauding a good number of Islamic religious leaders and the Ondo State muslim welfare Board.
The prime suspect; Oluwaseun Toyin pretentiously gave her name as Silifat and at another time called herself Zainab having obtained money fraudulently from her victims on the ground that she and her sister got converted to Islamic religion in Lagos State and escaped from their Parents to Ondo State due to stern resistance and persecution.
Consequently, the younger sister changed her name to Sadiat while Ismail Quazeem conveys the duo to various Mosques with his motorcycle demanding for money to the tune of ₦200,000 at different occasions.
Dr. Abodunrin said that “the suspects were on the same mischievous mission when nemesis caught up with them hence at the end of our Investigation, they would be charged to Court for justice to take its course.”
Dr Bodunrin also disclosed that the command arrested a fake oli dealer after duping his victim the sum of N900 thousand.
He said the arrests were made possible following a tip off. He noted that the suspect, Oseni Musliu Maja aged 48years residing at No 4 Odo road Ijede street Ikorodu Lagos defrauded the victim to the sum of ₦900,000 with the claim of being the franchised owner of the Fort Oil Fuel Station situated at Km 3 Ondo road Akure.
Investigation revealed that the suspect has lost the franchise since 2015 but acted in disguise by leasing out the filling station on 10th March 2016. Musliu Oseni initially took the sum of ₦1.5 million but later refunded the victim a sum of ₦600,000 and relocated out of Ondo State.
He advised the Public to be wary of illegal Oil dealers and fraudulent persons who piously beg for arms stating that “there is need to be conscious so as to forestall any form of security threats in our environment.”
