A lawyer, Kayode Oshiyemi, has been arrested in Ogun state by the Police in connection with an alleged plot to fraudulently extort the sum of N250m from a businessman, Alhaji Shakirudeen Olufowobi.
Also arrested along with lawyer Oshiyemi are Adeborode Ogunlaja, Sodiq Owolabi, Abolaji Alabi, Mukaila Abolaji, Abiodun Adebayo and Abolaji Adebola.
The arrest of the lawyer followed a petition by Alhaji Olufowobi, the Chief Executive Officer of Al Amin Farm situated in Imagbon area of Ijebu ode, Ogun State, to the Commissioner of police, Ahmed Iliyasu, alleging that the suspect and other suspects were after his life.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made the arrest of the suspects known in release on Sunday, stated that the businessman had alleged that the lawyer, having failed in his several attempts to make him part with millions of naira, perfected further plan in connivance with some hoodlums to achieve same alleged intention to defraud him.
The suspects’ subsequent plan, according to Oyeyemi, was to either rope the businessman in a case he knew nothing about or get him kidnapped for Ransom.
The Police Spokesperson added that on the strength of the petition, the officer in charge of the Federal Special Anti – Robbery Squad (FSARS), Mr. Uba Adam, and his team investigated the lawyer’s activities and allegedly caught him on tape planning with others to make the businessman cough out the sum of N250m.
According to Oyeyemi, one of the suspects had narrated how the lawyer lured him into the alleged plot to defraud the businessman.
“On interrogation, Mukaila Abolaji narrated how the lawyer in collaboration with Adeborode Ogunlaja lured him into the plan to fraudulently extort money from the complainant and how the money will be shared among them,stating that he reluctantly keyed in to the plan because of the amount of money involved.
” Also, Abiodun Adebayo who regretted knowing the lawyer, in a statement, accused the lawyer of having used him once to profess a fake miracle in a crusade organised by one of his pastor friend where he was asked to tie a life tortoise on his chest and come out while the crusade is going on to confess been a strong member of an occultist group who is disturbed by the pastor’s prayer. The allegation the lawyer was unable to deny,” Oyeyemi stated. (The Nation)