A Lagos based businessman who was arrested by men of the Nigerian Police has lambasted the security outfit claiming its operatives tried to frame him up for a crime he did not commit.
The Lagos businessman, Chief Alaka Abayomi, raised an alarm stating that the police is trying all its possible best to connect him to the dreaded cult group responsible for several deaths.
Alaka while speaking on Monday, July 31,alongside three others who were arrested in connection with the cult group said the Police invited him two weeks ago and he was made to write a statement after he honoured the invitation.
He stated that he was asked by operatives if he belonged to the cult group during the visit to which he answered No.
Coming after the police operatives uncovered a shrine believed to be the hideout of notorious serial killers, Badoo, terrorising Ikorodu, the arrested businessman stated that he did not belong to the group but has a dedicated traditional place of worship.
Speaking after interrogation, Abayomi said: “On getting to the State Command, I was detained and no one told me what my offence was. The following day, they brought me out, put me in a vehicle with pressmen and asked me to take them to my dedicated traditional place of worship at Agbowa in Ikorodu and I took them there, they searched everywhere and found nothing incriminating.
“That traditional place of worship has been there for over 30 years and there are over 100 traditional places of worship in Ikorodu alone and they found nothing in that place, yet they tagged me a murderer and a member of Badoo cult group.
“Tell me if I belong to Badoo cult group, will they release me? And for 30 years, I have lived in Ikorodu, people know I am a business man and they know the kind of business I do so who exactly is sponsoring the police to tarnish my good name that I have built for a long time?”