Recovered from Adesina were thousands of fake pounds,
naira, euros, dollars and other foreign currencies which he produced,
as well as two Toyota Camry cars with number plate AA 125 DK and AA 207
DH and a Nissan Almera lift back model with number plate AGL 882 DF.
According
to the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Katsina, the 43-year-old
Adesina's hide out also served as a location where criminals hide off
after being declared wanted by the police while the herbalist and his
gang perpetrated series of crimes in the compound which is shielded by
tall trees and thick bushes.
The CP revealed that
there are two houses in the compound with at least six rooms adorned
with various statues to give the impression that the place is being used
as a shrine with the walls decorated with the group’s description of
gods to scare victims.
Adesina was unlucky to be arrested at the scene while his accomplices managed to escape.
During
interrogation, he informed the police that he was a herbalist and that
he had been involved in several financial crimes under the pretext of
helping victims to cure ailments and barrenness.
Adesina added that the owners of the three vehicles were canvassers who combed the town to woo customers.
Hear him:
"I
am a herbalist and I inherited the skill from my father. I am also a
conman. I cured diabetes, barrenness, blindness and other ailments. I
have cured many people. My partner, who escaped yesterday, knows how the
currencies were produced. Taju and Wasiu are my other partners. We have
been here for about four years.
We
collected varying sums of money from our victims but we do not kidnap
people. We bought the land in the bush and built the houses. I am a
native of Beyerunka in Ibadan. The names of our victims are with my
partners."
The police said apart from taken
money from their victims, the suspects also devised a way of gagging
them by taking their nude pictures and threaten to release them if they
failed to keep the secret.
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