A self-acclaimed prophet, Godwin Ajuluchukwucheya, popularly called ‘Prophet Sunday Koboko’ has run into trouble water for allegedly defraud his church members of N70.3 million under fake miracles.
Penpushing reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun investigation into the alleged fake miracles and fraud, adding that investigations showed that the modus operandi of the self-acclaimed prophet was luring his church members into buying his “products” for prosperity.
The spokesperson of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Dele Oyewale, in a statement on said the arrest and interrogation of Ajuluchukwucheya followed receipt of a petition from Okey Uwakwe, one of the victims of the alleged fake miracle by the self-acclaimed prophet.
Penpushing further reports that the statement stated that Uwakwe alleged that Ajuluchukwucheya presented himself as a “true man of God, capable of luring his brother who travelled outside the country since 1997 to return home.
The statement added that the petitioner alleged that he paid N6.2 million to Ajuluchukwucheya for some spiritual works and that the self-acclaimed prophet equally deceived him into believing that he had the power to make his sister-in-law who has been childless for over 15 years to conceive for which he separately paid N3.2 million.
Penpushing also reports that Uwakwe equally alleged that Ajuluchukwucheya had a time announced to his church members that he won N33 billion in a lotto game and then asked the members to contribute financially to him in order to receive dividends from the N33 billion which prompted him to give Ajuluchukwucheya N3.3 million.
“The petitioner also alleged that members of Ajuluchukwucheya’s ministry were also lured by the suspect to contribute to the suspect’s rice processing machine worth N1billion to become partners in the business. He allegedly contributed the sum of N500, 000. He claimed that the total sum sent to the suspect was N13, 331, 600 without results’, the commission statement said.
Penpushing reports that agency imagemaker explained that that during investigation, members of Ajuluchukwucheya’s church started “flooding” the commission’s office in Enugu with claims of how they were defrauded by the self-acclaimed prophet.
“When I came there (the ministry) a whole lot of things were going on as investments in the church which I partook in virtually all of them…ranging from the issue of him winning N33billion with Baba Ijebu (lotto game)’, one of the victims quoted as saying.
“He asked me to do what they tagged holy ghost thunder, believing it was going to solve my problems, I bought it and after all the payments, nothing happened and my problems still persisted,” the EFCC quoted another victim was quoted saying.
Penpushing further reports that the victim said Ajuluchukwucheya claimed that he could not retrieve the N33 billion because it was huge which prompted him to ask church members to help him by buying “holy ghost thunder” to blow the spiritual army used by the company to block the retrieval of the funds.
The victim explained that he bought 1000 pieces of “holy ghost thunder” which Ajuluchukwucheya allegedly sold each for N38,000, while the commission added that the total amount members of Ajuluchukwucheya’s church alleged he took from them is N70, 391, 600.
Penpushing also reports that Oyewale in the statement said investigations by the anti-graft agency showed that Ajuluchukwucheya’s modus operandi was luring his church members into buying his “products” for prosperity, which he said include “miracle stickers”, “spiritual dragons” and “holy ghost thunder”.
Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared and assured that on completion of investigations the self-acclaimed prophet would be charged to court, without any delay.
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