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Pastor Posts Own Obituary On WhatsApp To Avoid Paying Member ₦3m Debt

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A pastor in Ondo State, Paul Oyewole, has been accused of publishing and posting his own obituary on social media platform, WhatsApp, in a bid to avoid repaying a ₦3 million debt owed a church member.

The 43-year-old pastor was arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Ondo Town, Ondo on charges of fraudulently obtaining ₦3m from one Boyede Emmanuel, with the promise to pay back the money within seven days, a promise he failed to fulfil, reports Vanguard on Wednesday.

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Police Prosecutor, Akao Moremi, informed the court that the defendant falsely published his obituary on WhatsApp after he had sent a fake bank alert.

He was also said to have “threatened the complainant on phone, with the intent to intimidate him and also conducted himself in a manner likely to cause a breach of the peace, by stripping himself naked in fhe house of the complainant.”

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Oyewole has pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was granted N1 million bail with two sureties in like sum.

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