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Justice F. O Ohwo of Delta State
High Court, Warri, Delta State, on Wednesday, December 10, 2014,
convicted and sentenced Pastor Glory Okeoghene Abrefera and Reverend Vincent
Okpogu to seven (7) years imprisonment each for stealing depositors' funds
amounting to N32million (Thirty- Two Million Naira only).
The two clergymen were nabbed
after deceiving unsuspecting members of the public into investing in Mustard
Seed Micro Investment Limited, a wonder bank, and defrauded them of their
hard-earned money.
While delivering judgment today, Justice Ohwo convicted the accused persons on
all of the nine count charges preferred against them by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.
They were sentenced to seven years
imprisonment on each count. The sentence is to run concurrently.
According to the judge, the convicts will
serve the seven-year term at Okere Prisons in Warri, Delta State, after
completing the ten years sentence they are currently serving for illegal
banking.
It would be recalled that Abrefera and
Okpogu were on January 7, 2013, convicted and sentenced to ten (10) years
imprisonment by Justice I. N. Buba of the Federal High Court Asaba, on a
4-count charge, for operating a wonder bank called Mustard Seed Micro
Investment Limited.
According to the
prosecutor, Mr. G. K. Latona, "the convicts are still answering to
other charges at Otor-Udu High Court for related offences.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head, Media & Publicity
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