Lasun Alagbe
A herbalist accused of defrauding a South Korean of N30m, Jamiu Isiaka, has said that he used the money to but a vulture, elephant skin and other stuffs to prepare a sacrifice for him.
Isiaka, now facing trial, had posed as the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina; and a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, to allegedly defraud Keun Sig Kim of N30 million.
He pretended to be a senior government official who could get for the foreigner an NNPC approval/ marketing form and licence certificate to buy crude oil, according to the EFCC.
Although the EFCC told the court that it had found in Ilorin a house Isiaka built with the money, he told the court that he used part of the money was used to buy vulture, elephant skin and intestine, lion skull and gorilla’s liver.
Justice Abdulgafar, after looking at the case, adjourned till January 21, 2021, for the defendant to open his defence.
