A prophetess with the Celestial Church of Christ, Oluwakemi Sotonode, also known as Marvelous, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for obtaining money running to millions of naira from many people under false pretence.
The spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday.
Oyeyemi said the self styled prophet of CCC Marvelous Model Parish, Obada-Oko has been on wanted list of the Command for quite some time now when a petition was received by the Command from one Idris Ilyas on November 11, 2019, in which he reported that the suspect contacted him to supply Kaolin stone to a company, and when he did, the suspect went to the company, received the sum of N1.2 million on his behalf and converted it to her own use.
Also, on September 30, 2020, the same prophet collected N200,000 from one Olabangboye Olalekan under the pretence that she will sell a plot of land to him at Obada-oko area of the State, but disappeared after collecting the money.
Likewise in April this year, the same suspect contacted one Kehinde Ojekunle to supply Kaolin worth N300,000 to a company and she went behind her, collected the money on her behalf and converted it to her own use.
In March 2020, the same suspect obtained N670,000 from one Gbolagade Damilola under the pretence of supplying her 40 bags of rice, but she ran away since then.
On the strength of these complaints, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, directed the Officer-in-Charge of the Public Complaint Bureau to ensure the arrest of the so called prophet.
The team embarked on an intelligence-based investigation, which yielded positive results on October 6, 2020 when she was apprehended in her hideout.
On interrogation, she admitted collecting all the money, but she has not been able to give any reasonable account of it all.
Meanwhile, Ajogun has ordered a thorough investigation of the suspect and that she should be prosecuted accordingly.