How Doctor Allegedly Impregnated Lady & Duped Her Mum of N7.9m in Lagos

A native doctor identified as Ifatade Elegbeleye, 42, has reportedly been nabbed by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly duping and impregnating a female client, Cecilia (pseudo name), in the Ipaja area of the state. Elegbeleye has however said he had mutually consented sex with the lady after they both fell in love, adding that Cecilia already has a baby girl for him.

According Punch, the police said Cecilia’s mother, a trader in Abesan Estate, Ipaja, had also been allegedly defrauded by the native doctor to the tune of N7.9m in 2015.

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Cecilia had reportedly been taken to Elegbeleye in November 2014, to seek spiritual help on issues bordering on late marriage and spiritual husband.

It was learnt that Elegbeleye, who had his centre at Olude bus stop in the Ipaja area, however, allegedly took advantage of the situation to impregnate Cecilia, as well as dupe the family.

The police alleged that the native doctor had built two houses ─ one in Lagos and the other in Ekiti State ─ from the proceeds of the fraud.

Cecilia said, “I met him as a cab driver at the Iyana Ipaja Roundabout. We never knew that the man was a fraudster and was into occultism. He first became friendly with my mother. After that, one thing led to another until he sexually assaulted me and defrauded my mother.”

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However, Elegbeleye refuted her claims, adding that after she gave birth to a child for him, he rented a two-bedroomed apartment for her. He said:

“It is true that I am a native doctor and I treated her for ulcer and spiritual problems. She had a spiritual husband. She was having ‘promise and fail offer’ from men. So, we started befriending each other and in the process, she got pregnant for me.

The woman now brought policemen to my house to arrest me. She has a girl for me. I did not use force to sleep with her. Can you hypnotise a woman who does not love you? It is not possible. She loved me. Her family wants to take all my property. That is why they are lying against me. Where did they get the N7m they are claiming? Are they rich?”

A police source who said Cecelia’s child was living with her parents in Abesan Estate, noted:

“The suspect had been in the Kirikiri Prison on remand bordering on a similar offence. It was when he came out that we arrested him for this case. He took advantage of the lady’s problems to have sex with her and she became pregnant and had a girl for him. The girl is with the victim’s family. We are investigating the native doctor for a case of conspiracy, stealing and sexual harassment.”