Court sentences pastor to five years’ imprisonment for fraud

A pastor with a Pentecostal church, Fisayo Nehemiah, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, after he was convicted of fraud.

Nehemiah was sentenced by the Chief Magistrate R. Davies-led court on Friday.

Our correspondent learnt that the convict obtained iron rods valued at N1,400,385 from a company, Mukaz Nigeria Limited, under false pretences.

Read more: Punch April 18, 2019

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