Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) say they have commenced investigations into the activities of one self-acclaimed prophet, Godwin Sunday Ajuluchukwucheya (a.k.a Prophet Sunday Koboko), for allegedly defrauding his church members to the tune of N70,391,600.
A petitioner, Okey 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. He also alleged that he paid the “prophet” the sum of N6,231,400 (Six million, Two hundred and Thirty-one thousand, Four hundred Naira) 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 childless for over 15 years to conceive.
Ajuluchukwucheya allegedly collected the sum of N3,251,200 (Three million, Two hundred and fifty-one thousand, Two hundred Naira), also for spiritual works to that effect.
The petitioner further alleged that the suspect announced to his church members that he had won N33,000,000,000 (Thirty-three billion Naira) in lotto game, assuring that members who contribute financially to him, shall receive dividends from the said N33 billion.
Again, the petitioner allegedly contributed the sum of N3,349,000. 00 (Three Million, Three hundred and Forty-nine thousand Naira).
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 N1 billion to become partners in the business. He allegedly contributed the sum of N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira). He claimed that the total sum sent to the suspect was N13,331,600 (Thirteen Million, Three Hundred and Thirty-one thousand, Six hundred Naira), without results.
In the course of investigation, members of the suspect’s ministry started flooding the Directorate with claims of how they were defrauded by Ajuluchukwucheya. One of the members said, “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 organized by Baba Ijebu. He sold each of the spiritual thunder for N38,000 (Thirty Eight Thousand Naira) and we had to buy 1000 pieces to fight Baba Ijebu’s spiritual army”.
The total amount members of Ajuluchukwucheya’s church alleged he took from them is N70,391,600.
The commission stated that investigations showed that the suspect’s modus operandi was luring the members of his ministry into buying his “products” for prosperity which include; miracle sticker, spiritual dragon and holy ghost thunder.
One of the members 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”.
Dele Oyewale, head of EFCC media and piblicity said the suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
(Ripples)
