A self-styled pastor was yesterday paraded along with 15 others for
allegedly printing and circulating fake naira notes.
Kogi State Director of State Security Service (SSS) Mike Fubara, who
paraded the suspects, said six of them are Pastor Godson Akubuiro’s children.
Akubuiro, 49, is the General Overseer of The Mountain of Breakthrough
Deliverance Ministry, also known as Land of Solution, located at Plot 7, Koya
Estate, Igbo Olomu, Agric, Ikorodu, Lagos from where he and other suspects were
arrested. The “pastor” hails from Imo State.
Fubara said the SSS began investigation four months ago to trace the
source of the “‘worrisome fake naira currency in circulation in Kogi state to
uncover those behind the act’’.
‘’This operation took the service close to four months before a
breakthrough resulting in the arrest of the 16-man syndicate led by Rev. Godson
O. Akubuiro,” he said
Items recovered from the suspects include equipment and materials used
in printing fake currencies, a large quantity of printed fake notes, cut to size
blank currency notes and N1.3 million fake naira notes.
There were also photocopier machines and different colours of oil
paints.
Akubuiro, admitted the crime before reporters, saying he was “an
ordained man of God” until the devil overwhelmed him.
He admitted that he had been involved in the criminal activity since
November 2012 in his house, along with his family members.
Akubuiro said he was not using the money for himself but in support of
the less-privileged and the needy in his congregation.
He pleaded for leniency, saying men of God were often tempted like King
David in the Bible, who though a man after God’s heart, fell many times yet was
pardoned by God.
Fubara urged the public to be wary of the fake naira notes in
circulation and report suspects to security agents.
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Was this not d same pastor ckn reported was kidnapped along wit his six kids by ubkownn gun men few days ago?
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