By DAPO FALADE
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Oluwakemi Sotonode (aka Marvellous) who claimed to be a prophetess of the Celestial church of Christ (CCC) for allegedly obtaining money running to millions of naira under false pretence.
According to a press release by the state police image-maker, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the self-styled prophetess of CCC, Marvelous Model Parish, Obada-Oko has been on wanted list of the Command for quite some time now.
The police stated that a petition was received by the Command from one Idris Ilyas on 11 November, 2019 in which he alleged that the suspect contacted him to supply kaolin stone to a company and that when he did, the suspect went to the company, received the sum of #1.2million on his behalf and converted it to her own use.
“Also, on 30 September, 2020, the same prophetess collected the sum of #200,000 from one Olabangboye Olalekan under the pretence that she will sell a plot of land for him at Obada-Oko area of the state, but disappeared after collecting the money.
“Likewise in April this year, the same suspect contacted one Kehinde Ojekunle, ‘f’, to supply kaolin worth of #300,000 to a company and she went behind her, collected the money on her behalf and converted it to her own use.
“In March 2020, the same suspect obtained the sum of #670,000 from one Gbolagade Damilola under the pretence of supplying her 40 bags of rice but she ran away since then,” the release stated.
DSP Oyeyemi added that it was on the strength of these complaints that the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, directed the officer in charge of the Public Complaint Bureau to ensure the arrest of the so-called prophetess.
“The team embarked on an intelligence based investigation which yielded positive results on Tuesday, 6 October, 2020 when she was apprehended in her hideout.
“On interrogation, she admitted collecting all the money stated above but she has not been able to give any reasonable account of it all,” the release added.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered a thorough investigation of the suspect and that she should be prosecuted accordingly.
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