Pastor Nwusulor Emmanuel of House of
Liberation Assembly located at Canal
Estate, Isolo, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, is
now cooling his heels at Kirikiri prison after
he was arraigned before Isolo Magistrate's
Court, Lagos for his alleged involvement in
visa fraud.
The 30-year old pastor was alleged to have
defrauded Joseph Ojini of the sum of N322,000
under the false pretence of procuring visa en
route to Dubai to pursue his football career broad.
The Ebonyi State-born pastor allegedly promised
Ojini to secure a visa to enable him pursue his
football career abroad through his missionary
contact abroad.
He asked the victim to pay the money in question
which will cover the visa and introduction of an
agent in Dubai who will eventually facilitate his
getting a club.
Ojini gladly paid the money and was grateful to
Pastor Emmanuel, unknown to him that he had
paid for trouble.
Instead of Ojini achieving his dream, he ended up
in jail in Dubai because of the fake visa he used to
travel.
P.M.NEWS gathered that when he travelled to
Dubai, the immigration authority discovered that
his visa was fake and was photocopy of another
person's visa.
He was arrested and detained for illegal entering
the country. Consequently he was deported back
to Nigeria.
When Ojini went to Emmanuel and narrated his
experience and demanded all his money, the
pastor started dodging him and did not refund
the money. When Ojini went to Isolo Police Station
and reported the matter, Pastor Emmanuel was
arrested and charged to court.
He was charged for obtaining under false
pretence and stealing under sections 312 and
279 of the Criminal Code Laws of Lagos State of
Nigeria 2011. He pleaded not guilty.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. A.K. Kumbeje
granted him bail in the sum of N100,000 with
two sureties in like sum. He was however
remanded in prison custody in Kirikiri pending
when he will meet the bail condition. The matter
was adlourned till 30 October, 2012 for mention.
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