FAKE GENERAL OVERSEER REDEEM CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, ‘PASTOR ADEBOYE’ ARRAIGNS OVER FRAUD
The Prosecutor, Aondohemba Koti, told the court that the defendant committed the alleged offence in October 2018 at Okokomaiko, adding that the defendant used the names of the three General Overseers on the internet without their consents.
“Atanda created a fake Facebook accounts of Pastor E.A Adeboye of Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor D.K Olukoya of Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministry and Pastor T.B Joshua of Synagogue Church of All Nations’, he told the court.
The prosecutor added, “he posed as the Pastors and sent electronic messages to the public to deposit either N1, 000 or N2, 000 into a bank account to get N3, 000 or N5, 000, respectively, in four days. If they pay and it is four days, he will block the persons’ numbers so they would not be able to reach him anymore’.
“Upon receipt of a written petition from one of the complainant’s legal counsel, the police swung into action, and the defendant was tracked and arrested. The amount of money the defendant got from over 100 members of the public was yet to be ascertained,” the prosecutor said.
Penpushing further reports that, the prosecuting officer pointed out that the alleged offence violates Section 20 (1) of Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention) Act, Law of Federation, 2015. The accused, however, committing the crime
The Magistrate, M.O Tanimola, while adjourning the case to April 17 for mention, granted bail to the accused in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum, emphasisng that the sureties should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government.
