A Lagos State High court on Wednesday sentenced popular prophet and Shepherd-in-charge of CCC Global Genesis church, Prophet Israel Oladele Ogundipe to two-year imprisonment for defrauding an American based woman.
The trial
judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade sentenced Prophet Oladele after she found him
guilty of two count charges out of the seven he was charged with.
Justice
Akinlade in a judgment that lasted for about four hours sentenced the
defendant, prophet Oladele to a year imprisonments for count two and four. She
however discharged him of counts 1,3, 5 ,6 and 7 for lack of evidence against
him.
Oladele was
charged with seven counts charges bordering on fraud and obtaining money under
false pretence, preferred against him by the Lagos State government sometimes
in 2007.
Oladele was
said to have defrauded one Mrs Olaide William Oni to the tune of eleven million
naira (N11m). He had however pleaded not guilty to the charge when he was
brought before the court.
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