Man Arrested For Using Oba’s Name To Dupe People

A 38-year old man and representative of United State of America, USA, Chaplain fellowship, Ohio, Columbus, in Lagos, southwest, is currently detained at Gowon Estate Divisional Headquarters for allegedly using the photograph of a traditional ruler in Egbeda, Oba Samson Balogun of Egbeda, to deceive and extort money from Nigerians who were desperate to study theology abroad.

The suspect, Apostle Kehinde Oso, a native of Ikogosi, Ekiti, is married and has two children.

Police sources revealed that he was arrested for using he photograph which he took with Oba Balogun and a foreigner to dupe Nigerians.

In his confessional statement to the police, Osho said: “I am a revivalist and humanitarian evangelist. I went to Federal University of Technology, Akure. I also went to Theological school, CIBM, Bible College, Ibadan and later Christ Divinity College, Cindinco, Ilesha, Osun State, for my diploma in theology.

“Last year, I went to U.S.A. for Chaplain Fellowship because I was winning souls for Christ. When I was returning to Nigeria, I was told to create an awareness of Royal Angels Chaplain Corps which would be inaugurated in November.

“When I explained to Oba Egbeda about it, he gave me a self-contained apartment. But the place was not yet completed. I later moved to a hall because it has an office where I can attend to people and counsel them. I do not see anything wrong in taking a picture with the prominent traditional ruler and the foreigner and showing it to people that they are friends.

“Yes, I collected money from many people. I did not spend it. I sent it to U.S.A for purchase of uniforms to wear in November as members of the association.”

Reacting to the false claim, Oba Balogun said: “It was a blatant lie. When I was in the United Kingdom for medical check up, I received a phone call that one chaplain was sleeping in my palace and I instructed my people to send him out because I do not know him. Besides, the palace is meant for my visitors.

“I did not give him a self-contained apartment to live in. It was when I hosted a foreigner that he took the picture with us. He was now using it to dupe people that we were friends. He is never my friend.”

When P.M.NEWS visited Gowon police station yesterday, many of the people he allegedly duped were at the station.

A retired captain, Otunba M.O Adesina, the owner of International School of Aviation, who was the patron of the association said: “This young man begged me to be the patron of his organization, which I accepted, only to be told now that he is fake.”

—Oluwole Adeboye