Police arrest Ondo pastor for scamming female church members

Adebolu Olulusi Ayodeji, a 43-year-old pastor, was detained for defrauding church members in Akure, the capital of the Ondo state.

Olulusu was detained for cheating Mrs. Taiwo Opesanmi of N 1.2 m and another victim of N 800,000 at number 1, Ore Ofe, Irese Road Akure.

He was taken into custody by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps' Ondo state command.

According to a statement made by its spokesperson, Daniel Aidamenbor, "Mrs. Taiwo Opesanmi met the Pastor through a referral at a prayer mountain somewhere at Ijoka in Akure.

” She alleged him of collecting various sums of money from her under the guise of helping her to secure a job at NNPC between 2019 and 2020 before Adebolu became incommunicado ever since.

“The Counter Terrorism Unit of the command was able to track down and arrested the suspect with the cooperation of a commercial bank after obtaining a court order.

“At the point of the investigation, another victim of the Pastor also accused him of selling land to her using a fake deed of gift for N800,000.

“She had to pay another N1m to the rightful owner of the land since she already had a structure on it.

Aidamenbor added that ” The suspect already made a written confessional statement and will have his day in court at the completion of the investigation for breaching Section 419 of the Criminal Code Act.

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