A middle-aged man, Israel Ogundipe, who claimed to be a prophet of the Celestial Church of Christ, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ikeja High Court for allegedly defrauding one Mrs Oladele Oni of more than N17 million.
Ogundipe is facing a six-count charge, including fraud and forgery, for collecting money under the pretext of assisting Oni to procure some landed property in Lagos.
The prosecutor, Olabisi Ogungbesan, told the court that Ogundipe collected the money in five installments of N900,000, N2.5 million, N8.5 million, N2.7 million and 12,000 pound sterling between 2002 and 2005.
She also alleged that the accused forged a Nigerian passport number A2799555 purportedly belonging to one Sanyaolu Babatunde Solomon.
According to her, the offences contravened sections 390 (9), 419 and 467 (1) (b) of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C17, Vol. 2 , Laws of Lagos State 2003 .
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecution also opposed a bail application for the accused by his counsel, Olusegun Raji, on the grounds that Ogundipe was unreliable and could jump bail.
The presiding judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody and fixed Oct. 28 for ruling on the bail application.
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