A popular pastor in the habit of defrauding unsuspecting people who
trust him has been thrown into prison after he duped a man of the sum of
30 million naira.
Pastor Felix Fadare of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG,
has been arraigned and remanded in Ikoyi prison fro allegedly defrauding
a man the sum of N30m. The pastor and others had collected the money
under the pretence of selling the victim plots of land in Lekki.
The Special Fraud Unit of Nigeria Police Force arrested and
arraigned Fadare before Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for his alleged
involvement in the fraud.
According to PMnews, Fadare, who in charge of RCCG’s Fullers Field
Parish in Ajah, allegedly connived with Adeola Ajidahun and others at
large to defraud Kehinde Ola.
They did so under false pretences of selling two plots of land to
him in the Lekki Pennisula Re-settlement Scheme in the Eti-Osa Local
Government Area of Lagos State.
It was gathered that Ajidahun who had been previously arraigned in
the court on the same charge, had presented the pastor to Ola as his
agent. The complainant was said to have paid N30m to 88-year-old
Ajidahun after he showed him some documents indicating that he acquired
the land from the state government.
However, things became fishy when a family in the area challenged
Ola’s ownership of the land. He was said to have petitioned the police,
leading to the arrests of the suspects.
It was also gathered that Ola was not only the victim of the
alleged fraud by the suspects, Tony Ezeoke also was defrauded to the
tune of N10m by the suspects. During investigation, the police also
discovered that the suspects had allegedly swindled many other victims
and was allegedly using PastorFadare as estate agent to defraud victims.
Fadare was arraigned and he pleaded not guilty and was granted bail
in the sum of N5m with two sureties in like sum. He was remanded in
prison custody at Ikoyi pending when he will perfect his bail condition.
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