Love Potion: Native Doctor Dupes 70-Year Old Woman.
A 48-year old native doctor has been arrested and charged
before Ejigbo Magistrate’s court for allegedly defrauding a 70-year old
jilted woman.
The woman, Grace Dinah, had
contacted the native doctor to prepare her love potion that will enable
her win back her husband after years of separation in Lagos State,
western Nigeria.
The Osun State-born Akin Babalola
allegedly collected N500,000 from Grace under false presence of
preparing the love potion for her.
Instead of Babalola
keeping his own part of the bargain, he allegedly duped the
septuagenarian, claiming he could not prepare such medicine which might
cause the death of her estranged husband.
Though Dinah denied that he asked Babalola to prepare love
potion for her, saying she was merely duped, a police source said there
was suspicion about a failed transaction between them.
P.M.NEWS
gathered from Dinah that her husband dumped her and her children and
married another woman some years ago, leaving only her to raise the
children.
She said the strange woman her husband married made him not to remember her own children.
On
his part, Babalola told our reporter that he specialises in preparing
love medicine and solve other spiritual problems and most of his clients
are those who have broken homes and marriages which he uses his
spiritual powers to restore back.
Trouble started after
Dinah asked Babalola to refund her money since he did not fulfill their
agreement. He refused to refund the N500,000, threatening to expose her
if she asked for the money again.
She went to Igando Police Division and reported that Babalola defrauded her under false pretence.
Babalola
was arrested and taken to the station where he told the police that he
collected the money and did not continue with their initial agreement
because it involved human life.
The police charged
Babalola to court on a three-count charge of felony, obtaining under
false pretence and stealing under the Criminal Code.
He
pleaded not guilty and the presiding Magistrate, Mrs. M.B. Folami
granted him bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He was remanded in prison custody pending when he will fulfill the bail conditions.
The matter was adjourned till 18 May, 2015 for mention.
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