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How I was defrauded by an Evangelist -London-based architect[/size]
News Tuesday, April 5, 2011


By Abdulwahab Abdulah

A London-based architect, Mrs. Oladele Williams-Oni, yesterday, narrated to an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, how she was defrauded of N17 million by a Shepherd in charge of the Celestial Church of Christ, Genesis Parish, Alagbado, Prophet Israel Ola-Ogundipe, over spiritual help.




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In her evidence-in-chief before Justice Olabisi Akinlade, the witness told the court that in an attempt to swindle her of her landed property, the prophet allegedly asked her to pay some money.

She told the court that she entrusted the accused person with her money to procure some landed property on her behalf because she thought he was a "good pastor," but was surprised that he (prophet) only made her to suffer in vain.

She said she first met the accused person in 2002 during her visit to Nigeria, when she was taken to his church for prayers by her step-sister, where she was promised heaven on earth by the church leader.

She said: "He told me something about my husband in one of his prophecies, that I should not have anything jointly with him because he was having an affair behind my back. He gave me a liquid to drink and I started vomiting. I was asked to sit down and he lighted a candle and said I should be there until the candle goes off."

According to her, for the prophet to achieve his aim, he allegedly took her in company of her step-sister and cousin to a bush in Sango Ota area of Ogun State, where she was allegedly bathed with some concoctions near a river.

She said her misfortune started when she returned to London, the prophet asked her to invest in landed property in Lagos, which she agreed. This she did after consultations with some persons.

She allegedly sent N17 million in five tranches of N900,000, N2.5 million, N8.5 million, N2.7 million and £12,000 between 2002 and 2005 to purchase the property on her behalf, which turned out to be a fraud.

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