ABEOKUTA– A Celestial Church of Christ Prophetess, with Marvelous model parish, Obada-Oko, Oluwakemi Sotonode has been arrested by men of Ogun State police Command for obtaining money running into millions of naira from many people under false pretence.
The suspect, popularly known as Marvelous has been in the wanted list of the command for some time owing to her dubious activities.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi stated in a statement made available to newsmen that the command received a petition from one Idris Ilyas on the 11th of November 2019 in which he reported that the suspect contacted him to supply Kaolin stone to a company, and when he did, the suspect went to the company, received the sum of N1.2million on his behalf and converted it to her own use.
Oyeyemi further stated that on the 30th of September 2020, the same prophetess collected the sum of N200,000 from one Olabangboye Olalekan under the pretence that she will sell a plot of land for him at Obada-oko area of the State, but disappeared after collecting the money.
“Likewise in April this year, the same suspect contacted one Kehinde Ojekunle to supply Kaolin worth of N300,000 to a company and she went behind her, collected the money on her behalf and converted it to her own use,
“In March 2020, the same suspect obtained the sum of #670,000 from one Gbolagade Damilola under the pretence of supplying her 40 bags of rice but she ran away since then” the statement reads
On the strength of these complaints, the Commissioner of police, CP Edward Ajogun directed the officer in charge of the Public Complaint Bureau to ensure the arrest of the so called prophetess.
The team embarked on an intelligence based investigation which yielded positive results on Tuesday 6th of October 2020 when she was apprehended in her hideout.
On interrogation, she admitted collecting all the money stated above but she has not been able to give any reasonable account of it all.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Cp Edward Ajogun has ordered a thorough investigation of the suspect and that she should be prosecuted accordingly
