Crime
HOLY GHOST EVANGELICAL MINISTRY! Lagos Prophet arrested for scamming church member over N85 million
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, have arrested the founding prophet of the Power of the Holy Ghost Evangelical Ministry a.k.a Tuesday Tuesday Church, over fraud allegationtion.
Prophet Cletus Chukwunweuba Ilongwo was arrested over allegations of scam made against him by some members of his church and the community.
Vanguard reports that the EFFC and the Nigerian police stormed the church on Sunday at Shoba community, Abule-Ado, after efforts to invite Prophet Ilongwo who is also standing trial in court to report to EFCC failed.
It was gathered that Prophet Ilongwo was initially arrested early this year by the Police and EFCC after a former member of the church alleged that he defrauded him of N85 million, which led to the loss of his job in one of the first generation banks in the country.
After he was invited for interrogation, he jumped bail and efforts made to re-arrest him failed until his surety was arrested last week.
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He reportedly abandoned his surety to languish in EFCC detention, prompting a joint operation by EFCC and the Police to arrest him.
During the operation, it was learned that members of his church confronted security agents with dangerous weapons, leading to the use of force to arrest him inside one of the rooms in the church.
Members of the community who had been complaining over the activities if the prophet jubilated at his arrest and praised security operatives for doing their job.
The community members alleged that hoodlums and bodyguards attached to the prophet had subjected them to intimidation, harassment and public assault and all efforts they made to call the attention of the Police to their activities failed.
Meanwhile, it was learned that the suspect, Prophet Ilongwo, was taken to EFCC office at Ikoyi, where he was detained and taken to Ikeja High Court today to answer charges against him by the former banker.
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