Man Defrauds
People Impersonating Adeboye, TB Joshua.
The
end may have come for one Yusuf Atanda, who allegedly impersonated the general
overseers of some Pentecostal churches to defraud unsuspecting members of the
public.
It
was learnt that Atanda created fake Facebook accounts for the general overseers
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Enoch Adeboye; Mountain of Fire and
Miracles Ministries, Daniel Olukoya; and the Synagogue Church of All Nations,
Temitope Joshua, to dupe many.
It
was gathered that the 27-year-old businessman, who posed as the general
overseers of the churches, sent messages asking members of the public to
deposit N1,000 and N2,000 into a given bank account and receive N3,000 and
N5,000 in four days.
According
to The Punch, Atanda usually blocked his victims’ account after they had made
the payment so that they would not be able to reach him.
He
was, however, arrested after a petition was written to the police by one of the
complainants’ counsel and he was subsequently arraigned before the Ikeja
Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
Atanda
was arraigned on charges bordering on cybercrime before Magistrate M. O.
Tanimola.
He
pleaded not guilty to the charges. The police prosecutor, Aondohemba Koti, told
the court that the defendant committed the alleged offences in October 2018. He
added that the defendant used the names of the three general overseers on the
Internet without their consent.
Koti
said, “Atanda created fake Facebook accounts for Pastor E. A. Adeboye of the
Redeemed Christian Church of God; Dr D. K. Olukoya of the Mountain of Fire and
Miracles Ministries; and Pastor T. B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All
Nations.
“Upon
the receipt of a written petition from one of the complainant s’ counsel, the
police swung into action and the defendant was tracked down and arrested.
“The
amount of money the defendant got from over 100 members of the public has yet
to be ascertained.”
Tanimola
admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like
sum. The sureties must be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years’
tax payment to the Lagos State Government. The case was adjourned till April 17
for mention.
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