PASTORS JAILED FOR FORGERY

The judge, J.O Umezulike, while sentencing the convicts said the evidence before the court showed that the prosecution proved the allegation of forgery beyond reasonable doubts,adding that the signature of a Pastor, Sunny Ndolo, who resigned from the Church since 2011 was forged by  Onuigbo and his accomplices in the minutes of the church’s meeting held on July 14, 2014 as brought to the court by the complainant, Innocent Ngwu.

“The sole issue for determination was the forgery of Rev. Sunny Ndolo’s signature. The defence did not debunk or contradict it all through with their defence. As Lord Denning would say, you cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand. Prosecution proved their case beyond reasonable doubt,” the judge said.

Penpushing further reports that, the judge  also said the defence “resorted to underhand tactics to undermine his judgement because as his proceedings was ongoing, there were intermittent interference. But facts before the court found four of the accused guilty while the fifth accused was not party to the allegations”

The Prosecution Counsel, A.V Umehia, prior to the judgement,  had tendered a written address to the court while the defence counsel, D.I.Chukwu, said he had no address to tender.