An Ondo-based pastor, Paul Oyewole has been arraigned in court for offences bordering on fraud and pretence The cleric was alleged to have faked his own demise to escape paying N3 million debt to his church member Boyede Emmanuel It was gathered that when he borrowed the money, Pastor Oyewole was given a seven day ultimatum but was unable to beat the deadline for payment
However, everything went sore for Pastor Oyewole as he was unable to return the money after the deadline has elapsed and he in turn faked his own death to avoid payment.
Pastor Oyewole who was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Mosunmola Ikujuni, is being charged with fraud and pretence. According to Moremi Akao, the prosecuting counsel, the alleged was said to have committed the offence between November 25, 2021, and May 7, 2022, along the Valentino area in Ondo. Akao said: “The defendant alleged to have falsely published and posted his obituary on WhatsApp after he had sent a fake alert to (a bank account) knowing fully that he did not have such an amount in his bank account,” he said. “The defendant had earlier threatened the complainant (church member) on phone, with the intent to intimidate him, and also conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace, by stripping himself naked in front of the complainant’s house.”
According to Akao, Pastor Oyewole’s offence is in violation of the 2006 Criminal Code of Ondo state stipulated under Sections 419, 86, and 125A
