A Pastor identified as Kehinde Makinde has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly obtaining ₦2.5 million from 18 fellowship members in Saje, Adatan, Abeokuta under the false pretence of organising a government-sponsored pilgrimage to Jerusalem and promising each member ₦2 million.
Penpushing reports that the controversial cleric popularly known as Pastor Kenny in Ibadan, Oyo State was equally alleged to have fraudulently engaged in manipulating unsuspecting victims under the guise of spiritual deliverance across Ogun, Oyo and Osun States
The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer Oluseyi Babaseyi confirmed this in a statement disclosing that the alleged fake Pastor was picked up after four months of sustained surveillance.
“Following four months of sustained intelligence gathering and discreet investigation, Detectives attached to the Obantoko Division, on 3rd August, 2026, at about 1645hrs, arrested Kehinde Makinde ‘M’, popularly known as “Pastor Kenny,” in Ibadan, Oyo State’, he said.
“The arrest followed investigations into allegations that the suspect fraudulently manipulated unsuspecting victims under the guise of spiritual deliverance across Ogun, Oyo and Osun states’, Babaseyi said.
“Preliminary investigation further revealed that the suspect allegedly obtained approximately ₦2.5 million from eighteen fellowship members in Saje, Adatan, under the false pretence of organising a government-sponsored pilgrimage to Jerusalem and promising each member ₦2 million. The suspect remains in Police custody while efforts continue to identify additional victims and apprehend his accomplices’, he added
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