Police nab ritualists with coffins, recover women’s underwear, mobile phones in Abuja
The police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have apprehended three suspects: Uluko Adukwu, 28; Salisu Aduh, 38; and Adams Halilu, 24.
Zone 7 Abuja Public Relations Officer, SP Istifanus Sunday Bako, announced the arrest in a statement on Thursday.
A team of detectives stormed Jikwoyi and Orozo along Karu on Wednesday following actionable intelligence.
The trio, all residents of the nation’s capital and from Kogi State, were nabbed with two boys – aged 11 and 13 – suspected to be their victims.
Bako said the gang confessed to using charms to defraud people and giving charms to internet fraudsters who perform rituals, aka Yahoo Plus.
The police noted that fraudsters, in turn, use the charms on their targets, sometimes resulting in the death of some of the victims.
Three empty caskets, one Toyota Prado, one Lexus 330 Car, and 15 mobile phones were recovered from the suspects.
Also recovered were clothing and women’s underwear believed to belong to dead victims.
The Zone 7 AIG, Kayode Egbetokun (now DIG), advised individuals to be careful where they worship and report suspicious activities to the police.
