Fake priest defrauds woman in Lagos

                          

A young woman, Oluwatosin Olaogun, said on Thursday she was hypnotized and swindled by an old man who disguised as a priest alongside two of his accomplices.

Olaogun said the incident occurred at about 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Akerele area of Lagos after they asked her for direction.

According to the lady, the supposed priest claimed he was one of the Reverend Fathers that came to Lagos to pray for kids who had accident and were admitted at a hospital in Bode Thomas Street in Surulere.

Narrating her ordeal, Olaogun said she lost phones and money to the fraudsters, who were between 53 and 70 years.


Olaogun wrote: “I was jazzed and duped at Akerele, Surulere, at about 12:00 p.m. yesterday (Wednesday) by three old men. One of them pretended to be a Reverend Father and the other pretended to be a passerby. The last was the cab man.

“The supposed priest was in a cab. They asked direction from me and I told them I don’t know. As I was about leaving, I helped them call another passerby they were trying to stop.

“The man asked the old man in the cab if he was one of the priests that came to pray for kids that had accident and were in a hospital at Bode Thomas and he said yes.

“He said he saw a revelation that we should be careful crossing the road and travelling. As we made to leave, the other supposed passerby said there must be a reason for the priest to say that (at this point, I was already under their control).

“So, we crossed over and stopped the cab. Then, we got in and he started prophesizing concerning us. I was adamant at first but the jazz was strong. Unfortunately, I cannot recall anything they said in the car.

“I could not even talk. I was just looking and that’s all I could recall. The priest then asked the other man to get down and he revealed what was going on in the man’s life and asked me to write it down.


“I did and we later went to pick the man up. Then, I was asked to drop all I had on me. I did and that was it (419) and jazz. Now, I am phoneless and they took my money too. Where will I start from now?

“It was after I got down from the cab that it dawned on me that three old men aged between 53 and 70 years had defrauded me. They used a red cab.

“Please beware of 419, they are so desperate. I am grateful to God it was not my life they took.”