Pastor Fakes His Death, Circulates Obituary to Escape Million Debt

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&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-medium-font-size"><strong>A Nigerian pastor based at Ondo&comma; Paul Oyewole has been arrested for allegedly faking his own death to avoid paying a million Naira debt&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The 43-year-old clergyman was accused of printing and posting his own obituary on the social media platform&comma; WhatsApp&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2023&sol;02&sol;announcement-good-news-image-african-pastor-stops-front-pulpit-preaching-to-his-followers-giving-gospel-60868770&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-153300"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Oyewole was arraigned on Wednesday at the Chief Magistrate Court&comma; Ondo Town on charges of fraudulently obtaining N3 million &lpar;N3&comma;000&comma;000&rpar; from one Boyede Emmanuel&comma; with the promise to pay back the money within seven days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to Police Prosecutor&comma; Akao Moremi&comma; the defendant failed to fulfil the promise and instead published his obituary on WhatsApp after he had sent a fake bank alert&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Oyewole pleaded not guilty to the charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The pastor was also said to have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;threatened the complainant on phone&comma; with the intent to intimidate him and also conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace&comma; by stripping himself naked in front of the house of the complainant&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He was granted N1 million bail with two sureties in like sum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"YYZ8ElvHwbg" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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