Pastor in court for duping members in Lagos



The Lagos State Police Command has reportedly
arraigned one Pastor David Oladele before an
Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly
duping his unnamed church members of millions
of naira in car deals, having failed to remit profits
from the sales of the cars and issuing them fake
cheques thereafter.
The vehicles, one Toyota pickup van, one
Nissan Muraino, one Toyota Highlander, one
Acura 3.2 as well as a Honda Odyssey, were
allegedly obtained under false pretenses and
given to Oladele to sell and remit to the
dealers, but instead, he diverted the money
into his personal accounts after the vehicles
were sold.
Oladele was reportedly arraigned on nine-
counts of stealing, after allegedly defrauding
six people and issuing duff cheques to two
others.
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The charges read in part:
“That you, Pastor David Oladele, and others
now at large, between October 2014 and
January 2015, at Ipaja, Lagos, in the Lagos
Magisterial District, did conspire among
yourselves to commit felony to wit; obtaining
money under false pretenses and stealing,
and thereby committed an offence punishable
under Section 409 of the Criminal Law of
Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.”
The pastor reportedly pleaded not guilty to all
the charges leveled against him and his
defense counsel requested for bail.
The Court Magistrate, N. A. Layeni, granted
the defendant bail in the sum of N1m with
two sureties in like sum, stating that one of
the sureties must be a blood relation, one
must be a landed property owner, and both
must have evidence of tax payments.
Layeni, however, reportedly adjourned the
case till 7 October for further hearing.