Prophetess posing as police officer, arrested after 15 years (Photo)

A prophetess identified as Jumoke Mutairu, 45, and one Uzoma Johnson, 29, have been arrested by the Lagos State police for posing officers to extort money from the public.



When paraded before journalists on Wednesday, Mrs Mutairu said she did not claim to be a police officer but a security agent in order to create awareness for people on issues relating to crime. She added that the uniform was provided for them by Mr Oni, who employed them. Mrs Mutairu also said she had been doing the job for 15 years.
They were arrested on June 20 in the state of Alakara. The police said the suspects were arrested wearing black T-shirts with policemen and logos and black berets with police insignia.   The Lagos police commissioner of Lagos, Imohimi Edgal, said the police are still looking at the alleged leader of the group currently in large areas.   According to the police, the suspects declared they were in business for 15 years and trained by their lead leader, Pastor Johnson O. Oni, founder of the Church's Preferred Ministry located at 24, Association Avenue in Ijeshatedo along of the Apapa-Oshodi expressway, Lagos.   When the journalists paraded before Wednesday, Mrs. Mutairu did not claim to be a police officer but a security agent to create awareness for people about crime-related issues. He added that the uniform was given to them by Mr. Oni, who worked on them. Mrs. Mutairu also said she was doing the job for 15 years. ...



When asked about her salary, she said, “we don’t collect salary, we only get commission on the materials we sell. We sell an outline which goes for ?1,200 and my commission is ?300 on each one.” On his part, Mr Johnson said he had only worked with the group for three weeks and that they go around in their uniforms as security personnel creating security-alert and selling their “outline.”FOLLOW fb.me/jaiyeorieblog m.me/jaiyeorieblog ... spill TEA ABOUT THE TOPIC ABOVE.... Easy on Shade #jaiyeorie