Three pastors David Eshiet, Samson Ugbara and Adesanmi Adepoju were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged N7.9million fraud. The defendants who were arraigned before Justtice Olabisi Akinlade of an Ikeja High Court are facing a six count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretence, forgery and uttering.
The defendants were charged by the anti-graft agency alongside their company, Prince and Zion International Service Ltd.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges proffered against them. The trio were accused of defrauding their victims the sum under the pretense of helping them secure large sum of money as loan.
The EFCC counsel, Mr Ben Ubi alleged that the defendants had conspired among themselves to fraudulently obtain N4million and 25,000 US dollars(N3.9million) from an Angel Estate Residents Development Association in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos.
----NIGERIA NEWS
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