Herbalist lists black, brown cows for sacrifice to get into House of Reps
Wale Adefila, one of the two herbalists arrested for swindling an aspirant seeking a House of Representatives’ ticket, has revealed a list of items he procured to be used for a sacrifice.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested Adefila and his accomplice, Alfa Abiodun Ibrahim for fleecing the unnamed aspirant from Ekiti state of N24million. A third suspect, Ifawole Ajibola is said to be on the run.
The EFCC said it received a petition on the matter, leading to the suspects’ arrest on July 7, 2022, in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti.
Under interrogation by operatives, Adifala, admitted to collecting the sums of money from their victim, including N2.9 million, which he claimed was used to buy black, brown and white cows, rams, lavender perfume, rings among other items, to carry out sacrifices at different times.
“I also linked up on the matter with Ifawole Ajibola, and we continued with the sacrifices together, until we were arrested by EFCC,” he said.
Ibrahim, who was the one who had prior contact with the victim, , admitted collecting money at different times.
“Our own is just to pray and do the necessary sacrifices, which we did, and to leave the rest to God, however, along the line, the zoning for the Reps seat was taken away from Oye-Ekiti to Ikole-Ekiti,” the EFCC, in its statement, quoted the suspect as saying.
