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Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor in charge of Chapel of Triumph
Parish, Oworoshoki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has been arraigned before
an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly obtaining N5.1m
under false pretence.
The accused, Oderinde Oluwatosin, 50, was
arrested by the operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton
Road, Ikoyi, Lagos.
After investigation, he was charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on a four-count charge of stealing.
The
police prosecutor, Supol Olakanmi Omisope, told the court in charge No
E|32|2014 that the accused committed the offence between January and
October, 2013 in Lagos.
He said the accused collected the sum of
N4.5m from Azumara Egonnaya and N900,000 from Emeng Igbang to invest in
oil business, with a promise to pay them back.
Omisope
alleged that after the complainants gave the pastor the money on trust,
he refused to pay them back, adding that when all efforts by the
complainants to retrieve the money from the accused proved abortive,
they reported the matter to the police.
Omisope said the offences the accused committed are punishable under sections 409,312(3) and 278(1)(a)(b)(2)
of the criminal laws of Lagos State, 2011.
The
accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and the presiding Chief
Magistrate, Mrs F.O. Aigbokhaevbo admitted him on bail in the sum of
N200,000 with two surties in like sum.
Aigbokhaevbo adjourned the
matter till 31 October, 2014 for mention, while the defendant was taken
to Ikoyi Prison, Lagos pending when he will fulfil the bail
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