Nigeria’s foremost anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has arrested a female pastor in one of the new generation churches in Obio Akpor local government area of Rivers State for allegedly defrauding the family of one Maxwell Uzuoma of twenty-five million naira.
It was learnt that the said pastor who defrauded the family acted in the guise of a business contract, but was thereafter arrested following a petition by the office of the Public Complaint Commission in the state.
According to the Federal Commissioner, Public Complaint Commission in Rivers State, Marshall Isreal, the commission forwarded the petition filed by the affected family to the EFCC after thorough investigation.
Isreal assured the public that PCC will continue to work with relevant government agencies in the fight against administrative injustice and other crimes for the interest of a better society.
Speaking with newsmen, victim of the fraud, Maxwell Uzuoma, said the female pastor consulted a fake prophet who came to them with fake prophecies in a bid to collect more money from the family.
He said he took the matter to PCC after they discovered that business, as claimed by the female pastor, was a scam and commended PCC for their prompt intervention that led to the arrest of the suspect by the EFCC.
