A 27- year-old man identified as Morufu Garba
is currently cooling his heels in police net for defrauding and assaulting a 20
-year- old lady in Ebute-Metta area of Lagos, recently. The incident happened
on the 12th of April, 2013 at about 10pm; when the victim identified as Aminat
Ajala, a fashion designing apprentice at Ebute-Metta, returned from work; tired
and hungry only to discover that there was no food in the house.
She opted to go get some toast bread at a shop
not too far from her 91, Freeman street residence, where she and her siblings
live with their maternal grand mother, after the untimely death of their
biological mother. Little did she know that Morufu Garba, a notorious fraudster
was lurking somewhere in the neighbourhood, looking for an opportunity to play
a fast one on unsuspecting ladies, of which she soon became a victim.
Aminat Ajala told
Crime Alert that she had walked few metres from her residence when she noticed
that someone tapped her shoulders from behind; she turned to see a young man,
walking close to her. He politely requested to have some chat with her, a
request she granted.
From that moment on,
she alleged she was not in control of actions that ensued; as Morufu, told her
he is a prophet with a special message for her. He further told her that it was
revealed to him that she will be dead the very next day if certain sacrifice
was not carried out; to this he demanded that she provide the money by all
means to enable him cancel the death spell hanging around her.
Afraid and under the
influence of some power beyond her control, Aminat thought of ways to generate
the money, as she had nothing on herself. She then revealed to Morufu that she
is just an apprentice and has no money to that effect, he asked her if she knew
any other means to raise the money, perhaps through her parents, or siblings,
but warned her not to disclose the information to any one else.
At that suggestion,
she told him her grand Ma, who owns a buka on the street, has some money stuck
in a refrigerator somewhere in her shop, that she also knows where the key is
kept. He escorted her back to her residence to get the key, after she succeeded
with that, she led him to the shop, and opened it.
They opened the door
and went straight to the refrigerator, she tried opening it, but encountered
some difficulties as the padlock used in locking it could not open.
Morufu went out side, found an axe placed at a corner near the shop and used it
to forcefully open the refrigerator and took over N80,000 kept there.
He then took her to
meet another victim of his, a 22- year- old hair dressing apprentice
identified as Ruka, who lives on the neighboring Glover street at
Ebute-Metta, he claimed he was trying to also help perform some sacrifice to
stop her mother from destroying her life. He had charged her N10,000; and she
gave him N1,500, as what she had on her then.
They agreed he will
get the money over the weekend. After that, he led her to the venue where
he was to perform the sacrifice, some where in Makoko area of Lagos. On getting
there, he took her to a one room apartment, spread a mat on the floor and asked
her to take off her clothes and lie on the mat.
She obeyed, and all
she can recall was that she was ráped. When he was done with his “sacrifice”,
he inserted some objects suspected to be charm into her priváte part, and
abandoned her there. The next day, still under the influence of the
charm, the lady managed to gather herself and left the place, but she had
no clue where she was. She was later found wandering in Makoko area
by one of her neighbours from Freeman street. “He noticed my unusual behavior
and suspected that something must have gone wrong somewhere , he brought me
home.
Crime Alert also
gathered that members of the Ajala household were worried over the unusual
disappearance of Aminat from home. It was gathered that after they waited
for her to return home with the toast bread to no avail, her grand mother,
popularly called Alhaja was worse hit, as she was said to be apprehensive of
the thought of what might have happened to her grand-daughter, not after their
mother died at a premature age. She had organized a search party, and stayed
awake till the next morning when Aminat was brought back by the neighbour.
Recovery from the
ordeal
After Aminat was
brought back home, the case was reported to the Oyingbo police station and she
was taken to a clinic for medical check up, which confirmed that she was ráped
and bleeding. Aminát gave her statement after she recovered
from the ordeal. But when she took the policemen to the house where she was
ráped, Morufu was no where to be found. When inquiries were made,
neighbours at the place said they don’t know any body with the identity they
described.
To get Morufu’s
arrest, the Oyingbo police DPO invited Ruka, whom he was expecting N10,000
from, and tactically asked her to place a call to Garba on the number he gave
her, to come get the money at Makoko junction. He swiftly came, and was
arrested on the spot and thereafter charged to court. Information from
the court disclosed that Morufu Garba has been charged for a similar case in
the past.
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