Crime
Islamic cleric defrauds man seeking govt appointment, Qur’anic knowledge of N3m, $24,000
The Kaduna Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a self-proclaimed Islamic cleric Mallam Abdulrashid Imam for allegedly defrauding Arc. Mohammed Dewu of N3 million and $24,000 USD.
Dewu had alleged in a petition that, sometime in October, the suspect fraudulently collected money from him claiming to have the supernatural ability to impact Qur’anic knowledge on him through the aid of Jinns (spirits).
The anti-graft spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
He added,
“To facilitate this, the petitioner claimed that the suspect induced him to purchase the following items: Two number of bottle perfume at N70,000; one bottle of special perfume at N160,000; a bottle of perfume for the treatment of his mother’s leg at N550,000; a set of 60 perfumes to activate the Qur’anic verses that will be implanted into his brain by spiritual means at N1,680,000; two mobile phones and SIM cards at N20,000 and thirty buckets of honey that will enable him transfer the Qur’anic verses to his brain at N900,000.
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“The petitioner also alleged that the suspect compelled him to pay the sum of $24,000 for prayers to neutralize the forces preventing from getting a plum appointment which the government had planned for him.
“Upon the suspect’s arrest, a fake blank Qur’an and keys to the room he had been using to con the victim, were recovered”.
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