The Bayelsa State Vigilante Services have arrested two tricksters engaged in obtaining money from unsuspecting pedestrians through deception at the popular Tombia roundabout market in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
Luck ran out of the alleged tricksters who are said to be using voodoo to hypnotize passers-by to their game of poker when a victim raised alarm after losing huge sums of money to the gang.
The suspects, who were arrested last week, were identified as John Eshua and John Earnest.
Speaking to newsmen, the State Vigilante Boss, Hon. Doubiye Alagba, explained that according to residents of the area, the suspects specialieses in using card tricks to extort valuables from their victims.
He said “what they do is to trick you with whott cards using their accomplice who pretends not to know them and lure you into playing the card with them, immediately you fail, you loose your valuable.
“We have gotten serious complains about the activities of these set of fraudsters along this area and that has been part of the reasons why we have taken some drastic decision to beef up our security architecture in the Tombia Roundabout.”
The State Vigilante Chairman, Alagba also disclosed that, as part of efforts to put an end to all forms of criminal activities and insecurity in the popular Tombia roundabout, his office and that of the volunteers has moved its men to always keep vigil in the area from 6am-10pm daily.
He said, trading along the road or walkway and wrong parking of vehicles by drivers and transport owners will no longer be condoned, as defaulters will be arrested or vehicle impounded.
He said, these steps are all geared towards securing the lives and properties of Bayelsans in that area.Â
Meanwhile, the suspects has since been handed over to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Bayelsa State Commend for further investigation.
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