Pastor Jamiu Ishola Kolawole of
the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has been sentenced to 18 months
imprisonment for stealing the sum of N9m from his tenant, Dr. Emeka Ugwunze, in
Lagos.
The 60-year-old pastor was
sentenced on Tuesday by Magistrate O.A. Adedayo of the Ogba Magistrates court.
The convict was the resident
pastor of the RCCG, Ikosi Paris, Ketu District, before he committed the fraud.
His trial started sometime in
2016 after he approached the victim, Dr. Ugwunze who was his tenant and
defrauded him of the said amount of money under false pretence.
The parties negotiated for the
house for N20m and the victim paid him N9m to effect the balance at an agreed
period. He convinced the victim that he wanted to sell the house to him because
he had assisted him in the past.
To prove authenticity of the
deal, the pastor handed him all the house documents except for the deed of
agreement which he promised to process upon receipt of the full payment.
However, he disappeared after he
obtained the initial payment. The matter was reported to the police and he was
arrested, then dragged to court.
Magistrate O.A. Adedayo. the
presiding judge found Pastor Kolawole guilty and sentenced him to 18 months
imprisonment.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that
Pastor Kolawole is still facing another criminal charge before another court in
Lagos for forgery. He was said to have forged the medical report of the Gbagada
General Hospital to mislead the court that he was sick.
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