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Prophet Collects N1.5Million To Cleanse Woman From Evils Of The World
Christian Chima, a 31-year-old man who allegedly obtained N1.5 million from a woman on the pretence of solving her spiritual problem, was on Monday arraigned before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The accused, who resides in Oluseesi St. in Balogun area of Iju, a suburb of Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy, obtaining under false pretences and stealing.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offences were committed between Feb. 25 and May 10 at Iju Ishaga, Lagos.
Ogu said that the complainant, Miss Olubunmi Olojido, met the accused in a taxi and from there they got talking.
“The accused told the complainant that she needed to clean herself from the evils of the world and invited her to an uncompleted building for ‘cleansing.’
“The accused obtained N1.5 million from her within three months on false pretences of getting her black soap for protection,” he said.
Ogu further told the court that the complainant regained her senses after she had given the money to the accused.
“The case was reported at the police station and the accused was arrested while the other accomplice is still at large,” he added.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 287, 313 and 411 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr J. A. Adegun, granted the accused bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Adegun adjourned the case until June 19, for mention.
Jilo
May 28, 2018 at 4:48 PM
This case should be thrown out of the court. I don’t mean to be harsh on my judgement but that young woman must share the major part of blame. When she realized that the money coming out her exceeding #200,000 naira she should have stopped or seek advise from elderly person.
Apparently, it doesn’t take millions of naira to heal anybody. Even a Native Doctor who knows how to heal people by combining leaves and herbs will never charge such exorbitant amount of money. Any Pastor who charges more than #20,000 to cure any illness is a fraud. Any native Doctor who charges more than #20,000 naira is a fraud. Any native doctor who knows how to heal will heal first and people go back to give him gift, it may be inform of monetary or item gift. Folks, let us be more smarter nowadays.
DB
May 28, 2018 at 6:13 PM
I honestly cant believe with the level of information available in today’s world, some people can still be this naive or better still, outrightly stupid