Justice F. O Ohwo of Delta State High Court,
Warri, Delta State, on Wednesday, December 10,
2014, convicted and sentenced Pastor Glory
Okeoghene Abrefera and Reverend Vincent
Okpogu to seven (7) years imprisonment each
for stealing depositors' funds amounting to N32million ( Thirty- Two Million Naira only). The two clergymen were nabbed after deceiving
unsuspecting members of the public into investing in
Mustard Seed Micro Investment Limited, a wonder
bank, and defrauded them of their hard-earned
money. While delivering judgment today, Justice Ohwo
convicted the accused persons on all of the nine
count charges preferred against them by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.They
were sentenced to seven years imprisonment on
each count. The sentence is to run concurrently. According to the judge, the convicts will serve the
seven-year term at Okere Prisons in Warri, Delta
State, after completing the ten years sentence they
are currently serving for illegal banking. It would be recalled that Abrefera and Okpogu were
on January 7, 2013, convicted and sentenced to ten
(10) years imprisonment by Justice I. N. Buba of the
Federal High Court Asaba, on a 4-count charge, for
operating a wonder bank called Mustard Seed Micro
Investment Limited. According to the prosecutor, Mr. G. K. Latona, "the
convicts are still answering to other charges at Otor-
Udu High Court for related offences. Truly They deserve it
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