The police have arrested a suspected fraudster, Uchenna Ugwu, for allegedly defrauding some women and later raping them.
The 26-year-old indigene of Enugu State,
while being paraded at the....
Awka, Anambra State office of the Department
of State Service, confessed to the crime, adding that he raped his
victims to fight boredom.
It was learnt that Ugwu belonged to a
syndicate, which specialised in luring ladies while pretending to be
spiritualists, defrauding and raping them.
Our correspondent learnt that the mode of
operation of the group was to lure women into their trap and initially
tricked them into disclosing their ATM PIN codes.
It was learnt that if a victim refused to
comply, the group would threaten to inflict a strange ailment on her
based on a spiritual power they possess.
The victim would then be raped on the pretext of making a charm for her.
Our correspondent learnt that that was
how Ugwu and his group operated in Asaba, Delta State, and Obosi, in the
Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State for a long time,
before luck ran out on Ugwu.
He was arrested by the DSS based on petitions from some of the victims.
Ugwu, who said he stopped his education at primary six due to financial constraint, said he turned to crime to survive.
He said, “I joined this business to fight boredom because my former work was not going on fine and had shut down.
“My parents, who are still alive, are poor and because they cannot sponsor my education, I had to stop at primary six.”
Ugwu, while begging for forgiveness, said he was a changed man.
Culled - Punch
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