Celestial Church Prophetess Defrauds 4 Persons In Ogun
By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA
For obtaining money running to millions of naira from many people under false pretence, Ogun State Police Command has arrested Celestial Church of Christ (CCC) Prophetess
According to a release made available to newsmen by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command stated that the Prophetess Oluwakemi Sotonode also known as Marvelous was arrested on October 6th, 2020 after months of manhunt.
Oyeyemi emphasised that the self styled prophetess of CCC, Marvelous Model Parish, Obada-Oko has been on wanted list of the command for quite some time, when a petition was received from Idris Ilyas on November 11th, 2019.
“Ilyas reported that the suspect contacted him to supply kaolin stone to a company, and when he did, the suspect went to the company, received the sum of N1.2million on his behalf and converted it to her own use.
“In March 2020, the same suspect obtained the sum of N670,000 from one Gbolagade Damilola under the pretence of supplying her 40 bags of rice, but she ran away since then.
“Likewise in April this year, the same suspect contacted a lady, Kehinde Ojekunle to supply kaolin worth of N300,000 to a company and she went behind her, collected the money on her behalf and converted it to her own use.
“Also, on September 30th, 2020, the same prophetess collected the sum of N200,000 from one Olabangboye Olalekan under the pretence that she will sell a plot of land for him at Obada-oko area of the state, but disappeared after collecting the money.”
In the same vein, he noted that on the strength of these complaints, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Edward Ajogun directed the officer in charge of the Public Complaint Bureau to ensure the arrest of the so-called prophetess.
“The team embarked on an intelligence based investigation which yielded positive results on Tuesday, October 6th, 2020 when she was apprehended in her hideout.
“On interrogation, she admitted collecting all the money stated above but she has not been able to give any reasonable account of it all.
“Meanwhile, the CP has ordered a thorough investigation of the suspect and that she should be prosecuted accordingly,” he said.
