A self-acclaimed prophet, Mr Godwin Sunday Ajuluchukwucheya, also known as Prophet Sunday Koboko, is being questioned by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Enugu State over an alleged N70.3 million fraud.
He was accused of defrauding his church members of the said amount of money.
The anti-money laundering got into the matter after a petition from one of the members, identified as Mr Okey Uwakwe.
The petitioner claimed that Mr Ajuluchukwucheya presented himself as a true man of God, capable of luring his brother, who had been abroad since 1997, to return home. He also alleged that he paid the cleric about N6.2 million for spiritual works.
According to the petitioner, the suspect equally deceived him into believing that he had the power to make his sister-in-law, who has been without a child for over 15 years, conceive. It was alleged that Mr Ajuluchukwucheya collected about N3.3 million, also for spiritual works to that effect.
The petitioner further alleged that the suspect announced to his church members that he had won N33.0 billion in a lotto game, assuring that members who contribute financially to him shall receive dividends from the said amount.
The petitioner also alleged that members of Mr Ajuluchukwucheya’s ministry were also lured by the suspect to contribute to the suspect’s rice processing machine worth N1 billion to become partners in the business.
He allegedly contributed the sum of N500,000, claiming further that the total sum sent to the suspect was N13.3 million, without results.
During an investigation into the matter, members of the suspect’s ministry started flooding the agency with claims of how they were defrauded by the suspect.
“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 N33 billion with Baba Ijebu.
“He said the money cannot be retrieved due to how huge the amount was. So, members of the church will have to help him by buying holy ghost thunder to blast the spiritual army being organised by Baba Ijebu.
“He sold each of the spiritual thunder for N38,000, and we had to buy 1,000 pieces to fight Baba Ijebu’s spiritual army,” one of the members informed the EFCC, according to a statement on its website.
The total amount that members of Mr Ajuluchukwucheya’s church alleged he took from them is N70,.4 million.
Investigations showed that the suspect’s modus operandi is luring the members of his ministry into buying his “products” for prosperity, which include: miracle sticker, spiritual dragon and holy ghost thunder.
Another member and victim of the suspect said, “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 disclosed that as soon as investigations are concluded, the suspect would be arraigned before a court.