{"id":3479,"date":"2013-05-11T04:25:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T04:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/pastor-wife-held-over-fake-deliverance-fee\/"},"modified":"2013-05-11T04:25:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T04:25:25","slug":"pastor-wife-held-over-fake-deliverance-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/pastor-wife-held-over-fake-deliverance-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor, Wife Held Over Fake Deliverance Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A pastor, Chidiebere Okafor and his wife Amaka have been charged before Ikeja Magistrates\u2019 Court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, over\u00a0 an alleged fake deliverance a victim was deceived to pay for.<\/p>\n

The pastor and his wife, who are from Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, are facing trial for allegedly obtaining $ 13,000 from Patrick Okoro, under false pretence to cast out evil spirits that prevented him from becoming a\u00a0 successful businessman in the state.<\/p>\n

The couple was arraigned in the court on an eight-count charge of obtaining under false pretence, unlawful possession of charms, stealing and false representation as pastors to defraud the victim.<\/p>\n

Recounting his ordeal before the court presided by over by Mrs. Makanju Oshodi, Okoro alleged that the couple defrauded him through a man simply identified as Emeka who contacted him for a business transaction.<\/p>\n

Okoro, who sells building materials at 2, Aso Rock Street Ago Okota, Lagos, alleged that Emeka, who is now at large, came to his office to make an enquiry about the prices of some building materials.<\/p>\n

He said that after giving him the\u00a0 cost of the materials, Emeka\u00a0 said he would need to first consult with his brother who sent him to buy the materials and promised to come back.<\/p>\n

Okoro said that on 11 November, 2011, Emeka and his brother invited him to a hotel at Satellite Town, Lagos, where he hoped to seal the business deal but when he got there, instead of negotiating the price with him, they offered him a drink and promised to call him the next day.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn 14 November 2011,\u00a0 Emeka and a man called Ikenna,\u00a0 called me to meet them somewhere.\u00a0 When I got there, they said they want to transact business with me but they don\u2019t know me well. They said they have a very big project but they don\u2019t trust me enough. They said I have to go with them to a priest to swear an oath before they can trust me,\u00a0 but I told them that I am Christian and I don\u2019t believe in taking oath.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmeka said that he knows a very good\u00a0 pastor that would pray for us. He said we should go and see the pastor,\u201d he narrated in court.<\/p>\n

Okoro said that they took him to the suspect, whom he alleged are fake pastors and did not know that they are a couple.<\/p>\n

According to him, when they got to the place, Okafor prayed for them.<\/p>\n

Okoro alleged that to deceive him, Okafor first prophesied to\u00a0 Ikenna that he had $ 500,000 dollars and N100 million which he planned\u00a0 to use for the business. But he said for the business to be successful, he needed N90, 000 to buy anointing oil for deliverance from evil spirits.<\/p>\n

When Ikenna brought the money, the pastor\u00a0 told him to bring more money for him to cast out all the demons in him<\/p>\n

\u201cBy that time,\u00a0 I didn\u2019t know what I was doing again, because the pastor also asked me to bring $ 13,000 dollars and N500, 000, which I did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Okoro\u00a0 alleged that on 15 November, 2011, Emeka\u00a0 called him to bring N500,000, for the deliverance before they can start the business and he did.<\/p>\n

He also alleged that on 28 November, 2011 the pastor called him to deposit N280,000 in the bank account of a lady whom the pastor borrowed money from to solve some personal problems, which he also did.<\/p>\n

According t him, he later discovered that the woman in question was his wife.<\/p>\n

Okoro said he realised that he was duped when he called Ikenna and told him that he needed his money back but he told him to stop disturbing him.<\/p>\n

He said when he called the pastor, he also told him that he was not in Lagos.<\/p>\n

Okoro said that on 25 January, 2012, he wrote a petition to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police and the police arrested the couple and investigation on the matter began immediately.<\/p>\n

He added that because he has the phone number of Okafor and\u00a0 bank account number of his wife Amaka,\u00a0 the police could traced\u00a0 and arrested the couple.<\/p>\n

The couple pleaded not guilty to charges and the magistrate granted them bail in the sum of N900,000 with two sureties in like sum.<\/p>\n

The matter has been adjourned till 21 May 2013 for continuation of trial.<\/p>\n

\u2014Cyriacus Izuekwe<\/em><\/p>\n

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