Female Pastor Was Thrown Into Prison For N23m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a female Pastor identified as Mercy Daniel Ogbonaya and ordered to remand her in Port Harcourt Correctional Centre for N23m scam.

The suspect who was arraigned before Justice I. M. Sani on a charge of obtaining money by false pretence contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.

The EFCC statement read;

“Justice I. M. Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded Mercy Daniel Ogbonaya, a pastor, in Port Harcourt Correctional Centre for obtaining money by false pretence contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act”.