Operatives of the Zonal Intervention Squad, ZIS, of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State has arrested a 42-year-old herbalist, Abiodun David, for allegedly defrauding a US-based Nigerian simply identified as Kazeem of N4 million under the pretext of preparing charms that will make him wealth.
Kazeem, a cab driver, had met the herbalist when he visited Nigeria in 2015 after he allegedly received PIN numbers of a recharge card on his phone, only to be called by an unidentified person that the numbers were sent to his line in error.
On sending the recharge PIN back, the stranger called him back telling him of how to resolve his financial issues, which he discovered through spiritual means.
Against the backdrop of this revelation, the stranger met with Kazeem and later took introduced him to the herbalist.
Vanguard quoted a source close to the victim as saying, “The herbalist took Kazeem to a shrine in Ogun State, where he performed the first trick of turning paper into money. The herbalist assured Kazeem that he will prepare concoction that would enable Kazeem to make progress.
“The first concoction, which the herbalist claimed was to make Kazeem spiritually formidable, was given to Kazeem to eat. But when he returned to the US, the herbalist kept demanding for more money from him, aside the one he paid while in Nigeria.
“At a point, Kazeem told him that he would not give him any money again because the charm did not work.
“The herbalist threatened that he would turn the concoction eaten by Kazeem into poison, which would kill him. Out of fear, he resumed giving him money and the herbalist warned him never to tell anyone about their conversation.”
