The prophet is being quizzed at the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (FCIID), Alagbon Close Ikoyi.
He was alleged to have swindled a widow with the intension of of procuring landed property for her at Lekki area of the state.
Phrasing the suspect at his FCIID office in Alagbob, Commissioner of Police, Damian Okoro, said that Prophet Ononuju, swindled the widow of N18 million, but the widow discovered later discovered that the land belong to his ex-wife.
When the lady discovered the fraud, she reported to my office and I detailed detectives to go after the prophet and he was promptly arrested.
Okoro said that detectives during investigation discovered that the suspect collected N16 million cash and asked the widow to pay the other N2 million into his bank account.
He said that it goes to show that the suspect had another intention, saying that the man is facing interrogation and after which he would be charged to court.
The FCIIB said that he want to use the medium to either repent or face the wrath of the police, adding that the police is now better equipped to track and trail fraudsters.
He advised people to be wary of those who claimed to be pastors during business transaction.
He said that they tend to cash into the gullible nature of true believers to swindled them of their hard earned money.
“The so called prophet took advantage of the relationship he has with the widow to swindle her. From the beginning he had the intention of defrauding the woman.
“He started threatening to kill the woman and her children when they discovered that he had swindled them.”
The victim, Oluchi Grace said that she knew prophet Ononuju for over two decade and trusted him as a man of God.
She said: “As a man of God I confided him that I need to buy a property and he told me hr knew someone that has one. He told me he had seen the one of N12 million and he said I should not pay him the money through the bank.
As a man of God I paid him cash. After the N12 million he started given be reason to pay him more money. He said he needed money for Ome onile and Certificate of Occupancy from the Lagos State government. I paid him another N6 million. He did not give me any document.
” I later discovered that the land in question belongs to the prophet ex-wife who is remarried and based in the US with her husband. My son discovered her contact from her Facebook When we contracted her she told us that she was not selling. In fact she rained abuses on us. When the prophet realized that the game is up he started threatening to kill us. That is why I ran to the police”
In his confessional statement, Ononuju, said that the transaction he had with the widow was genuine until one of her sons advised her to collect back the money paid
He said that the land is still there adding that all documents concerning the land in question is with the lady.
“I acted as a middle man. She came to me to say that I should help look for a land. Because of the existing relationship between the two families I went all out to ensure that I get her good land but look at where it has landed me.I am a prophet and I used to pray for her family “.
