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The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday sentenced a pastor, John Abiodun, to two years’ imprisonment for false allegation against a church founder.
Abiodun was arrested in 2019 for lying against the founder of Promiseland Prophetic Ministry, Akure, Pastor Gbenga Akinbiyi, that seven placentas were planted on the church’s altar.
The church is located in the Shasha area of Akure.
The convict, who was a former member of the church, swore an affidavit before the commissioner for oaths on the matter.
Abiodun and a lecturer of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Prof. Lanre Olu-Adeyemi, were later arraigned on eight counts bordering on conspiracy, publication of false information, perjury, impersonation, threatening violence, among others.
Court Jails Pastor For Lying Against Church Founder
The convict, a former member of the church, swore an affidavit before the commissioner for oaths on the matter.
The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a pastor, John Abiodun, to two years’ imprisonment for making a false allegation against a church founder.
Abiodun, who was arrested in 2019, had alleged that the founder of Promiseland Prophetic Ministry, Akure, Gbenga Akinbiyi, planted seven placentas on the church altar.
The convict, a former member of the church, swore an affidavit before the commissioner for oaths on the matter, the Punch reported.
Ondo court jails pastor for perjury, peddling falsehood
Some members, led by Mr Abiodun, in 2019, had alleged that the latter had buried seven placentas under the altar of the church located at Shasha.
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The Ondo State High Court, Akure Division, on Thursday sentenced a pastor, John Abiodun, to two years in prison for telling lies and publishing false allegation.
The case emerged from a bitter clash among members of Promised Land Prophetic Ministry, Akure.
Some members, led by Mr Abiodun, in 2019, had a conflict with the founder of the church and alleged that the latter had buried seven placentas under the altar of the church located at Shasha.
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A Pastor of an Ondo-based church, John Abiodun, following the ruling of an Ondo State High Court, has bagged two years imprisonment for laying a false allegation against the founder of an Akure church.
The pastor, in 2019, was dragged before the court for lying against the founder of the Promiseland Prophetic Ministry, Akure, Pastor Gbenga Akinbiyi.
Part of the lies told by Abiodun was that seven placentas were buried on the church’s altar.
Following the accusations, Akinbiyi thereafter dragged Abiodun, a former member of the church, to the court.
Abiodun, alongside a lecturer of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Prof Lanre Olu-Adeyemi were arraigned before the court on eight counts bordering on conspiracy, publications of false information, perjury, impersonation, threatening violence amongst others.