The General Overseer of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Freedom City Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry in Ilorin, Prophet Adeniyi James has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for allegedly defrauding a member of his church of N3.9 million.
The head of media and publicity, of the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale in a statement, explained that the Ilorin zonal command of the EFCC arrested the suspect on April 2 over the said offense.
According to the statement, Oluwole Babarinsa the victim, petitioned the commission, that James called him out during a church program sometime in 2021 and claimed that he had a revelation that he (the victim) would travel abroad.
The statement said: “The petitioner stated that the cleric, in the course of giving the revelation, asked him about his preferred country, to which he replied, ‘Canada’ and they agreed to talk later to perfect arrangements for the trip.
“The petitioner stated that James later told him that he had a friend in Lagos who could help him facilitate his relocation to Canada, but for N1.7 million, and N2.5 million for processing of flight ticket and travel documents respectively.
“Babarinsa added that he had to sell some of his properties and took some loans before he could raise N3,980,000, which he gave the prophet to facilitate his relocation to Canada.
“After a prolonged waiting with no result, the petitioner became agitated and began to question the prophet’s vision, prompting him to ask for a refund of his money.
“He stated that all efforts and entreaties to the suspect to refund his money yielded no positive result.”
The EFCC spokesman said the suspect would be arraigned in court after an investigation.
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