Authorities detain suspected impersonator of a priest in Ogun

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By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta

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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a suspected serial fraudster and alleged fake clergyman, identified as Kehinde Makinde, popularly known as “Pastor Kenny.”

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According to the command, Makinde was arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State, on August 3 after four months of intelligence gathering and discreet investigation.

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The State Commissioner of Police, Bode Ojajuni, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi.

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The police alleged that the suspect had manipulated unsuspecting victims under the guise of spiritual deliverance across Ogun, Oyo and Osun states.

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Preliminary investigation, according to the command, showed that he allegedly collected about N2.5 million from 18 fellowship members in Saje, Adatan, under the pretext of organising a government-sponsored pilgrimage to Jerusalem and promising each participant N2 million.

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He remains in police custody as investigators work to identify additional victims and apprehend his alleged accomplices.

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