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Two Pastors Bag 26 Years In Jail For Allegedly Stealing N32 Million
- Pastor Glory Okeoghene Aberefa and Reverend Vincent Okpogo bag 26 years jail term
- Allegedly stole N32 million through Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited
Two pastors identified as Pastor Glory Okeoghene Aberefa and Reverend Vincent Okpogo bag 26 years in jail for allegedly stealing N32m. Ekohotblog reports.
The jail term is slated to run for 16 and 10 years imprisonment respectively.
The suspects were arraigned before Justice F. N. Azinge of the Delta State High Court sitting in Otor-Udu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
According to a statement from the EFCC, the convicts, alongside their company, Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited, were prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on 16-count charges, bordering on conspiracy to steal and stealing, contrary to Section 516 and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code, CAP 21, Vol 1, Laws of Delta State of Nigeria, 2006.
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They pleaded “not guilty” to the charges upon their arraignment on June 19, 2017.
Their trial by the EFCC legal team of V. O. Agbaje and K. U. Udus followed a petition and investigation which fingered them in the stealing of the sum of N32,516,620.00 (Thirty-Two Million, Five Hundred and Sixteen Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty Naira).
The first defendant, Pastor Aberefa was sentenced to one-year imprisonment on each of the 16 counts, while the second defendant, Reverend Okpogo was sentenced to one-year imprisonment each on count seven to 16, all of which run consecutively.
It would be recalled that the convicts, who are already serving terms in prison, having been earlier jailed 17 years by both the Federal High Court, Asaba and Delta State High Court, Warri, in Delta State, would serve a new sentence, which Justice Azinge said would take effect after they have completed the extant 17 years imprisonment.
Trouble started for the convicts, when under the guise of running a finance company, they defrauded dozens of unsuspecting members of the public of millions of naira, through their fraudulent Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited.
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