tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23216342.post8906183534188800596..comments2008-03-25T08:49:47.742+01:00twinstaiyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13586738919682959943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23216342.post-70404147600967049982008-03-25T08:49:00.000+01:002008-03-25T08:49:00.000+01:00Conmen abduct accountant in Abuja <BR/> <BR/><BR/>An accountant, Mrs. Y. A. Akinya-Ojo, in the Treasury Unit of the Accountant-General of the Federation’s office was last Thursday abducted by four conmen in Abuja.<BR/><BR/>Mrs. Akinya-Ojo boarded a taxi from her home in Gwarinpa District in Abuja to the office.<BR/><BR/>Unknown to her, the taxi belonged to some conmen.<BR/><BR/>The woman told officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) that the conmen held her hostage for more than 12 hours.<BR/><BR/>"It was as if I was hypnotised; I lost my senses. I was taken to a spot designated as a church along Life Camp.<BR/><BR/>"When we got there, like many other victims, I was taken to a small room to meet one Pastor Opara Steven. I met many victims at the hideout.<BR/><BR/>"The pastor rubbed my body with an egg. Two items that looked like nails came out of the egg. The pastor thereafter said they were symbols of a spell disturbing me.<BR/><BR/>"The pastor asked me to go and look for about N100, 000 to cleanse me of the spell. I went to my house with the conmen and gave them what I had. It was about N52, 000.<BR/><BR/>"After that I was taken back to the so-called church where I was asked to go and look for about N1million.<BR/><BR/>"I went home and met with my neighbour from whom I raised about N100, 000. I was released around 10 p.m on that day.<BR/><BR/>"Yet, I was not conscious that I was a victim of a ‘419’ group. They asked me to bring N1million the next day. I was still looking for this amount when my pastor prayed for me and I came back to my senses.<BR/><BR/>"On the second day, a source said we should get in touch with the ICPC to assist in tracking down the gang," she said.<BR/><BR/>An official of the ICPC said: "When the gang members were persistently calling the woman, we gave her some marked notes of about N1million. We also trailed her movement to the temple that they called a church.<BR/><BR/>"As she was about to give the money to them, we swooped on them and arrested four suspects."<BR/><BR/>He said the suspects are: Pastor Steven, Friday Ossai, Jacob Odion and Mustapha Inwa.<BR/><BR/>The media consultant to the ICPC, Mr. Folu Olamiti, said the suspects had been detained at a police station pending the outcome of the investigation.<BR/><BR/>"We will soon arraign the suspects in court. We are also on the trail of the fleeing members of the gang, including a woman called Miss Blessing," Olamiti said.twinstaiyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13586738919682959943noreply@blogger.com