The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Prophet Adeniyi James, the General Overseer of Christ Apostolic Church(CAC) Freedom City Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry in Ilorin.
According to a statement signed by the Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Dele Oyewale in Ilorin on Saturday, James was arrested on April 2, for allegedly defrauding a member of the church to the tune of N3,980,000.
The victim, Oluwole Babarinsa, had in a petition to the commission, alleged that James called him out during a church programme sometime in 2021 that he had a revelation that he would travel abroad.
According to the Babarinsa, the cleric, in the course of giving the revelation, asked him about his preferred country, to which he replied ‘Canada’; they agreed to talk later in order to perfect arrangements for the trip.
The petitioner said James later told him that he had a friend in Lagos who could help him facilitate his relocation to Canada, but at a cost of N1.7m and N2.5m for processing of flight ticket and travel documents, respectively.
Babarinsa said that he had to sell some of his properties and took some loans before he could raise N3,980,000 which he gave the prophet to facilitate his quick relocation to Canada.
After prolonged waiting with no result, the petitioner became agitated and began to query the prophet’s vision, prompting him to ask for a refund of his money.
According to him, all efforts and entreaties to the suspect to refund his money yielded no positive result.
The EFCC said the suspect will be arraigned in court upon the conclusion of investigations.