How Prophet Used Fake Business Deals, Miracles To Defraud Church Members

<h4>How Prophet Used Fake Business Deals<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission &lpar;EFCC&rpar; has launched an investigation into a self-acclaimed prophet&comma; Godwin Sunday Ajuluchukwucheya&comma; popularly known as Prophet Sunday Koboko&comma; over allegations that he defrauded members of his ministry of N70&period;39 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement posted on its official X handle on Wednesday&comma; saying operatives of its Enugu Zonal Directorate were investigating multiple petitions against the cleric&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the EFCC&comma; Ajuluchukwucheya allegedly obtained money from church members through various schemes&comma; including promises of spiritual interventions and investment opportunities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the petitioners&comma; Okey Uwakwe&comma; alleged that the prophet collected N6&period;23 million from him for spiritual works intended to persuade his <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">brother<&sol;a>&comma; who had been living abroad since 1997&comma; to return to Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Uwakwe further claimed that he paid N3&period;25 million to the cleric to conduct spiritual exercises aimed at helping his childless sister-in-law conceive after more than 15 years without a child&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;35956" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-35956" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-35956" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;06&sol;image-79-300x300&period;webp" alt&equals;"How Prophet Used Fake Business Deals&comma; Miracles To Defraud Church Members" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"300" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-35956" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Prophet Godwin Sunday Ajuluchukwucheya&comma; popularly known as Prophet Sunday Koboko<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The EFCC also alleged that the suspect told members of his ministry that he had won a N33 billion lottery and encouraged them to invest money with assurances that they would receive dividends from the purported winnings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the commission&comma; Uwakwe contributed an additional N3&period;35 million to the scheme and paid another N500&comma;000 towards a rice-processing business the cleric allegedly valued at N1 billion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The petitioner claimed to have paid a total of N13&period;33 million to the suspect without receiving any benefit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The anti-graft agency said several other members of the ministry later came forward with similar complaints during the course of investigations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some of the complainants alleged that the suspect sold items described as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;holy ghost thunder”&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;miracle stickers” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;spiritual dragons”&comma; promising prosperity and solutions to personal challenges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Quoting one of the alleged victims&comma; the EFCC said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He asked me to do what they tagged &OpenCurlyQuote;holy ghost thunder’&comma; believing it was going to solve my problems&period; I bought it&comma; and after all the payments&comma; nothing happened&comma; and my problems still persisted&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The commission said preliminary findings indicate that the total amount allegedly collected from members of the ministry stands at N70&period;39 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The EFCC added that investigations are ongoing and that the suspect will be charged to court upon their conclusion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;