Lagos Court sentences Popular Prophet to 2-year imprisonment over fraud
Popular Prophet and shepherd in charge of Celestial Church Of Christ Global Genesis Parish, Israel Oladele Ogundipe a.k.a Israel Genesis to two years imprisonment over defrauding a United Kingdom based woman, Mrs Olaide Williams-Oni.
Apparently, Israel Oladele has been on trial since 2011, he was charged with seven counts of obtaining by stealing, inducing delivery of money by false pretense, unlawful conversion of property and others.
The Presiding judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade, found the clergyman guilty of two of the seven charges brought against him and dismissed the remaining five over insufficient evidence presented. Akinlade ordered that he should pay the sum of N11m which he illegally obtained from Mrs Williams.
Mrs Williams told the court that she met prophet Israel in 2002 during her visit to Nigeria when she was taken to his church for prayer by her step-sister.
Justice Olabisi Akinlade said “both sentences are to run concurrently and the defendant is to restitute the complainant the sum of N2.5m in respect of count two which is stealing and N8.5m in respect of count five which is unlawful conversion of property
