Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Enugu Zonal Directorate, have launched an investigation into Godwin Sunday Ajuluchukwucheya, a self-acclaimed prophet also known as Prophet Sunday Koboko, over allegations of defrauding church members of N70,391,600.
EFCC, in a statement on Wednesday, said a petitioner, Okey Uwakwe, alleged that Ajuluchukwucheya presented himself as a true man of God, capable of luring his brother, who had travelled outside the country since 1997, to return home.
He also alleged that he paid the “prophet” the sum of N6.23 million for spiritual works.
The petitioner equally alleged that the suspect deceived him into believing that he had the power to make his sister-in-law who has been childless for over 15 years to conceive.
Ajuluchukwucheya allegedly collected the sum of N3.25 million also for spiritual works to that effect.
The petitioner further alleged that the suspect announced to his church members that he had won N33 billion in lotto game, assuring that members who contribute financially to him, shall receive dividends from the said N33 billion.
Again, the petitioner allegedly contributed the sum of N3.35 million. The petitioner also alleged that members of Ajuluchukwucheya’s ministry were also lured by the suspect to contribute to the suspect’s rice processing machine worth N1 billion to become partners in the business.
He allegedly contributed the sum of N500,000. He claimed that the total sum sent to the suspect was N13.33 million without results.
Other victims
EFCC said in the course of investigation, members of the suspect’s ministry started flooding the directorate with claims of how they were defrauded by Ajuluchukwucheya.
One of the members , “When I came there (the ministry) a whole lot of things were going on as investments in the church which I partook in virtually all of them…ranging from the issue of him winning N33 billion with Baba Ijebu.
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He said the money cannot be retrieved due to how huge the amount was. So, members of the church will have to help him by buying holy ghost thunder to blast the spiritual army being organised by Baba Ijebu.
He sold each of the spiritual thunder for N38,000 and we had to buy 1000 pieces to fight Baba Ijebu’s spiritual army.”
The total amount members of Ajuluchukwucheya’s church alleged he took from them is N70, 391, 600. 00.
The EFCC said investigations showed that the suspect’s modus operandi is luring the members of his ministry into buying his “products” for prosperity which include; miracle sticker, spiritual dragon and holy ghost thunder.
One of the members and victim of the suspect said, “he asked me to do what they tagged holy ghost thunder, believing it was going to solve my problems, I bought it and after all the payments, nothing happened and my problems still persisted.”
“The suspect will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded,” the EFCC said.
