Aself-acclaimed pastor, Micheal Ogundepo, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Pastor Ogundepo was arrested when he was invited to collect N3m to process a visa for somebody.
The N3m Visa job was bait to lure him out of hiding after one of his victims, Fagbuyiro Ajetomobi Yemi, reported him to the NSCDC.
Pastor Ogundepo was said to have obtained the sum of N1.6m from Miss Fagbuyiro.
The spokesman of the Ondo NSCDC, Aidamenbor Daniel, said Pastor Ogundepo seized Fagbuyiro’s passport and converted her money for personal use thereby denying her the opportunity to apply for another Visa.
He said: “The command invited the suspect severally, but he declined the invitation. He claimed to be outside the country and used a fake international number to call the complainant as a disguise.
“Investigation has revealed that he has duped several other unsuspecting clients, thereby committing an offence punishable under the Criminal Code contrary to section 419 of Criminal Code Law, Cap 37, Vol. 1 of Ondo State, 2006 and punishable under the same section.”
