A 30-year old pastor has now been relocated to Kirikiri from his House of Liberation Assembly church located at Canal Estate, Isolo, Lagos for his alleged involvement in visa fraud.
Pastor Nwusulor Emmanuel was arraigned before Isolo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos after he was alleged to have defrauded Joseph Ojini of the sum of N322,000 under the false pretense of procuring a Dubai visa for him to pursue his football career in the Arab country.
The Ebonyi state-born pastor asked the victim to pay the money in question which will cover the visa and introduction of an agent in Dubai who will eventually facilitate his getting a football club.
Ojini gladly paid the money and was grateful to Pastor Emmanuel as he believed the pastor went out of his way to use his ministry’s foreign contact to help him, not knowing he paid for a fake visa.
Ojini wasn’t allowed to breathe fresh air in Dubai as immigration officials discovered his visa was just a copy of another person’s visa, and he was arrested for illegal entry. He was consequently deported back to Nigeria.
When Ojini went to Pastor Emmanuel for a refund of his money after narrating his ordeal, the pastor started avoiding him and did not refund his money.
Ojini later reported the matter at the Isolo Police Station. Pastor Emmanuel was arrested and charged to court for obtaining under false pretence and stealing under sections 312 and 279 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
Pastor Emmanuel however pleaded not guilty.
Before adjourning the case till October 30, 2012, the presiding Magistrate, Mrs. A.K. Kumbeje granted Emmanuel bail in the sum of N100,000 with two sureties in like sum.
He was however remanded in prison custody in Kirikiri pending when he will meet the bail condition.
