*As blogger Ofoegbu, appears in Awka high court, July 16
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested three suspected fraudsters (Odion Victor, Amos Godwin and Ayomide Michael) for impersonating Evangelist Chukwuebuka Obi of the Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, on social media platforms to defraud unsuspecting members of the public.
According to a statement on Friday by the agency, the suspects were arrested following credible intelligence that uncovered how they allegedly cloned the social media accounts of Evangelist Ebuka Obi and deceived several of his church members to give money towards treatment of some purported sick people, sow seeds for spiritual breakthrough or for special prayers, with the money paid into the bank accounts of the fraudsters.
The EFCC statement said the three suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.
*As blogger Ofoegbu, Ijele, appears in Awka high court, July 16
Also, Mr. Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, a blogger and content creator, who is also known as Ijele, has landed in a fresh round of trouble.
Ofoegbu was granted bail several weeks ago after he was charged to court for threat to life against the Evangelist Obi.
With the bail, the matter with the Evangelist appears to be in limbo as Ofoegbu did not show up in court last Friday when the case was scheduled.
However, he is also billed to appear in an Awka High Court in Anambra State for defamation and cybercrime against the founder of Living Christ Mission, Rev. Prof. Victor Onukaogu, popularly called Daddy Hezekiah.
The blogger is alleged to have defamed the character and integrity of Daddy Hezekiah by allegedly releasing a video in which he accused the church leader of sexually molesting and abusing young girls in his church.
“This man is evil. He is one of the bunch of criminals that destroyed Igbo land”, he stated in the video.
He also described the recent celebration of 40 years anniversary of Living Christ Mission as “40 years of this criminal molesting people’s children”.
In another development, Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis International Church, has a petition against Ofegbu (Ijele) pending with the National Cybercrime Centre for the blogger’s threat to kill the pastor and his family.
Ijele was also said to have released videos in which he threatened to eliminate prominent church leaders, including Enoch Adeboye, David Oyedepo, Johnson Suleman and Jeremiah Fufeyin.
He is also known to have courted the ire of members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in another video in which he castigated the group’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and said he should be left to die in detention.
