One 27 years old Atanda Yusuf has revealed how he allegedly defrauded unsuspecting Nigerians by impersonating the General Oversee or Mountain of Fire and Ministries, Dr. Daniel Olukoya.
Yusuf made the revelation when he was arrested by the police in Lagos State.
The suspect who is a graduate of Computer Science from Ekiti State University was traced by detectives of the Area D command Mushin, led by the Area Commander, Mr Akinbayo Olasoji, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP.
His arrest was made known on Thursday by the spokesman of Lagos State Police Command, DSP Bala Elkana.
In a statement he issued, he said Yusuf allegedly defrauded Nigerians by operating a fake facebook account of the General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries.
He was also alleged to have defrauded Nigerians using names of other popular religious leaders.
The police quoted him as having confessed: “I am also working for Airtel with their registration kit at No 2, Isuti road Igando.
“Everything I am saying is nothing but the truth because there is nothing to hide anymore. I created a Facebook account in Dr Olukoya’s name, which I use to defraud people and I have regretted every bit of my action.
“I also opened Facebook page for Redeemed Christian Church of God and Synagogue Church of All Nations, that is TB Joshua Church. I ask people through Facebook to pay N1, 000 and get N10, 000 after four days.
“It is like ponzzi scheme where you pay N1, 000 and get N3, 000 and more than 100 people have been paying. I rented a shop at Igando. I rented it for N72, 000. The total sum will be going to about N500, 000. I started late last year, around September or July 2018.
“I had fear in me because I always knew that nothing lasts forever. Initially I used my Diamond bank account before I got Amos account, which is the one I am using. Since I told them to pay N1, 000 and get N3, 000, so if they pay and once it is four days, I block the person’s number on WhatsApp, they would not be able to reach me anymore.
“I slammed my WhatsApp number on the Facebook page. Once you click on the page you will see the number and then contact me. I actually regret every bit of my action and I had decided to stop, in fact, I had a feeling that I was about to be caught.
“Nobody lured me into it; I am in it on my own. I did it all alone, no partner.
“Manacy Amos, the man I use his bank account number to transact the illicit business is a colleague from the factory we were working together, which is Okosupreme Natural Resources Limited. We were in the same department.
“We worked as quality control inspector. After Manacy gained admission, I was still working there before the company had issue, so we shut down. During that period I met him and said a friend of mine is a bricklayer and had issues with his account, that we have not seen any other account to pay money to and he agreed.
“I told him that the bricklayer friend was ready to pay N5, 000 and so he agreed to sell it. He sold his account and gave me his ATM card. That was how I got it.”
He added: “I kept posting their normal church activities. I developed interest in Dr. Olukoya because I loved him so much.”
The police spokesman disclosed that Yusuf had been on the wanted list for about three months.
He revealed that the suspects would soon be arraigned.
