Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - The Ondo State Police Command has arraigned a 33-year-old self-acclaimed missionary, Joshua Jayeola, before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Akure, for alleged r@pe, fraud and s3xual exploitation of young women under the guise of job recruitment and social-media content creation.
Jayeola was also accused of defrauding several victims of a
total sum of N4.5 million, allegedly collected under the pretext of procuring
visas and international passports.
His arrest followed a police operation in which 15 young
women, aged between 20 and 26, were rescued from an apartment in
Alagbaka, Akure, where they were reportedly being held for illicit activities.
Two other suspects were arrested alongside the accused.
According to police investigations, the syndicate lured
victims from across Nigeria with false promises of lucrative jobs, including
domestic work, ushering service and overseas employment opportunities.
Jayeola was arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on
r@pe, fraud and s3xual exploitation.
Police prosecutor, Sulaiman Adebayo, told the court that the
offences were committed in July 2025 at Victory Lane, Alagbaka Extension,
Akure.
The prosecutor alleged that the defendant impersonated a
missionary and unlawfully detained 15 young women against their will in a
rented apartment.
Adebayo further alleged that the defendant raped two of the
victims and fraudulently obtained N4.5 million from others under the false
promise of securing international passports and visas.
He was also accused of managing a property used for habitual
prostitution and benefiting from proceeds of the illegal activities.
The offences, according to the charge sheet, violate
Sections 358, 225B (a & b), 112 (1 & 2), and 484 of the Criminal Code
Laws of Ondo State (2006), as well as Section 1(c) and are punishable under
Section 3 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud-Related Offences Act of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria (2006).
The defendant’s plea was not taken.
The prosecutor requested that Jayeola be remanded at the
Olokuta Correctional Centre pending advice from the Director of Public
Prosecutions (DPP).
However, defence counsel C.O. Falana, sought an adjournment
to file a counter-affidavit to the prosecution’s application.
Magistrate Damilola Sekoni, ordered that the defendant
remain in police custody till November 19, to enable his counsel have access to
him, after which he is to be transferred to the correctional centre.
The case was adjourned to November 26, 2025, for hearing of
the application.
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