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.
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