A traditional medicine practitioner popularly known as ‘Babalawo’, Akin Babalola, was nabbed by the Igando Police Division, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding a 70-year-old woman of N500,000.
The 48-year-old suspect who is from Ogun State, denied all allegations by saying the woman wanted him to do a love potion for her to win back her husband but he refused to make the potion because it could lead to the death of her husband.
He said, “The woman came to my house and asked that I prepare a love potion for her to win back her husband.
She told me that her husband abandoned her for another woman, thereby saddling her with the responsibility of bringing up their children alone.”
However trouble started when he refused to prepare the charm and also refused to refund the money the woman had paid him for the job, threatening to expose the woman for her evil intent.
When asked why he did not prepare the love potion, Babalola said:
“I do not want to incur God’s wrath because the love potion could lead to the man’s death.”
However, the suspect has been charged to court by the police on a three count charge bordering of felony, obtaining under false pretence and stealing.
