Investigators at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, have begun looking into claims made by a businessman against well-known pastor Chris Okafor about fraud and acquiring under false pretenses. This came about as a result of a strongly worded petition that businessman Omolayo Ibukun Michael sent to the Commissioner of Police, claiming that the pastor, who founded Grace Nation Church, which has its headquarters in Ojodu Berger, Lagos, fraudulently obtained N106, 178, 000,00 in cash and two of his vehicles. (One hundred seventy-eight thousand, one hundred and six million naira).
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Giving graphical information of the occurrence, the businessman stated that in 2021, he was introduced to the preacher as the Managing Director of Blessed Energy Resources Limited by his late buddy Ayobami. He claims that the pastor, who presented himself as a man of God, indoctrinated him with false miracles and demanded N50 million in exchange for 42,000 liters of diesel.
“After that, he refused to pay me a dime up to this moment, and he also brainwashed me by collecting my two vehicles, one Mercedes Benz M-Class with registration No. KRD 575 HH, black in color and Mercedes Benz ML350 with registration No. KTU 546 HE, Black in color all valued at N30m.”“I also transferred the sum of N14.378m into his Zenith Account Number 1002770081 and Eco Bank account number 3302012345 and the sum of N11,800m in cash.”
The businessman said that he was drawn to the pastor because he had completed a contract for the Lagos State government, but that the government had not paid him the huge sum of money that he owed, forcing him to turn to prayer. He further claimed that the pastor had threatened to kill him if he revealed the secret to anyone else.
“To my utmost surprise, a woman, Bose Olasukanmi used by the pastor for fake miracles to deceive me, was arrested by the police. It was then I realized that I have been duped by the pastor, and all efforts made for him to return my vehicles and pay my money proved abortive.”
The businessman, who claimed to work in the church’s protocol department, also claimed that the pastor had threatened to kill him by telling him to quit chasing money and vehicle refunds.
The church, meanwhile, vigorously refuted all of the accusations made against their pastor in a statement on the matter, which was signed by their spokesperson, Henry Okoduwa. It said that the complainant had willingly offered the cars in question, joyfully presenting them as offerings to God during a live service about three years prior. It also said that all financial transactions with him had been settled.
