2 Borno men arrested for N16m get-rich prayer scam

Mohammed Ibrahim

Mohammed Ibrahim, two others arrested for N16m get-rich-quick scam in Borno.

A self-acclaimed spiritualist, Mohammed Ibrahim and his accomplice have been arrested for allegedly defrauding one Mohammed Gaji of N16 million.

Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), arrested Ibrahim and his accomplice, Ibrahim Abubakar.

The fraudsters promised Gaji of conducting spiritual prayers to make him rich.

They were arrested at Sabon Bolori, behind Chad Basin, Borno State after one Mohammed Alhaji Bukar wrote a petition against their victim, Mohammed Gaji.

The petitioner, Bukar, had written a petition against Gaji, alleging that he misappropriated the N22.2 million given to him to establish a cattle ranch business.

But rather than invest the money as planned, Gaji gave Mohammed Ibrahim, (the spiritualist) N16 million of the N22.2million for prayers so he could get rich.

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Upon Gaji’s arrest, he admitted squandering the money given to him for business and confessed giving N16 million to the spiritualists who promised to make him rich.

During the raid, a large hole covered with animal skin with a centre table placed on it was discovered in the room, where Mohammed’s accomplice, Abubakar used as a hiding place; pretending to be a ‘‘genie’’.

Gaji claimed he was given a precious stone, a small iron box containing a white piece of cloth and some foreign currencies with instructions to fast for three months and one day before he could get rich.

Items recovered from the spiritualists include white pieces of clothes with Arabic inscriptions, calabashes, animal skins, animal horn, foreign currencies and two small iron boxes.

The suspects will be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.

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