Spiritualist defrauds Adamawa businessman, makes off with N1.3m

A spiritualist has reportedly defrauded an Adamawa businessman, Salisu Adamu, of N1.3m by promising to double the sum to N500 million.

Adamu, a native of Shelleng Local Government Area of Adamawa, was duped by a spiritualist identified, according to court records, as one Alhaji Bala.

Bala had been introduced to Adamu by one Ado Mohammed of Sabon Layi, Gombi Local government area of the state.

Bala had promised to print the whopping sum of N500 million fake currency for Adamu and eventually collected N1.3million from him to facilitate the money doubling ritual, which supposedly include the purchase of animals for sacrifice as well as consulting demons, The Punch reports.

However, after some time passed, Salisu who became suspicious that the spiritualist had yet to make good on his promise reached out to Ado who introduced him to the spiritualist and both headed to the home of the spiritualist only to discover he had disappeared from his residence located along Army Barracks road in Jimeta.

Salisu later reported the matter to the police State intelligence Bureau attached to the Adamawa State Police Command, who immediately apprehended Ado for questioning.

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Ado, who is now facing charges following his arraignment before a Yola Magistrate court, for criminal conspiracy and fraud contrary to sections 60 and 317 of the penal code law, while pleading guilty to the charges, said he only wanted to help Salisu who approached him for help.

During Ado’s arraignment on Friday, at Magistrate Court I, presided over by Muhammad Digil, the judge ordered that Ado be remanded in prison custody and subsequently adjourned the matter to the 30th March, 2022 for corroboration and summary trial as prayed by the prosecutor, Inspector Nurudeen Abubakar.

Recounting his experience with the spiritualist, Ado said he first gave the spiritualist N300,000 to print N40 million for him to boost his business.

He said that the spiritualist never printed the money and the explanation given was that he, Ado, had black demons who made it impossible for the Bala to print the monies for him.

He said, ” I took Alhaji Salisu to the herbalist in good fate so that he will try his luck, perhaps Alhaji Salisu’s demons will give permission to the herbalist so as to print the money he demanded.”