Operatives of the Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS) while on routine Patrol along Owode Obafemi Ofada Road Ogun State on March 27, 2017 at about 1000hrs discovered a Sienna bus packed in a suspicious manner.
A statement by SP Dolapo Badmos, Police Public Relations Officer, Zone 2 Command, said that the operatives accosted the occupants, and upon inquiries discovered that the occupants are suspected fraudsters whose modus operandi is to lure people into a shrine and dupe them of their hard earned money.
Upon investigation, it was discovered that the suspected fraudsters, Olayinka Adeola ‘m’ and Ibrahim Balogun ‘m’ had lured their victim, a 64 year old nurse named Goodluck Ogbodu of Effa Street, Ughelli Delta State to Lagos state in order to make him rich. The suspects had obtained the sum of One hundred and fifty thousand naira (N150,000) from the victim. The loot was recovered from the shrine. The suspects who have confessed to the crime also stated that they have used the same mode to dupe many unsuspecting victims.
The case, the statement said, will be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation.
