An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday admitted a self-acclaimed bishop, Bankole Jefferson, to a N1.5 million bail charged with N9 million fraud.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Yewande Aje-Afunwa, who gave the ruling, granted the accused two sureties in like sum.
Aje-Afunwa directed that the sureties must show evidence of payment of three years tax to the Lagos State Government.
The accused, 54, bishop of Mercy Tabernacle Church, Ogba, Lagos, is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, fraud and stealing.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Insp. Peter Nwangwu told the court that Jefferson committed the offences sometime in January in Ogba, Lagos.
Nwangwu said the accused obtained the money from the complainant, Mr Akinyemi Adebayo on the pretext of supplying diesel.
According to him, the accused committed the offences by conspiring with others…
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