The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, 16th June 2022 re-arraigned Cletus Ilongwo, a self-acclaimed Lagos-based prophet, before Justice Sherifat Solebo of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on an amended seven-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of Fifty-Four Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Naira (N54.700,000.00) only.
The defendant was first arraigned on 5th November 2018 on an 11-count charge to which he pleaded “not guilty”.
His victim, Obinna Ezenwaka, a former employee of Fidelity Bank Plc, alleged that he was introduced to the defendant sometime in 2015 when he was seeking a solution to his “spiritual problem”.
However, Ilongwo allegedly lured Ezenwaka to part with N59,760,000 under the guise that he would use it to purchase a property located at Diamond Estate, Festac Town, with the assurance that they would resell it to a Chinese company at the cost of N150 million.
The defendant, however, reneged on his promise prompting him to petition the EFCC.
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