The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested Theophilus Ebonyi, general overseer of Faith on the Rock Ministry International, over alleged fraud. In a statement on Monday, Dele Oyewale, EFCC head of media and publicity, said the cleric defrauded members of his church and other Nigerians to the tune of N1,319,040,274.31 “using fake grants” from the Ford Foundation.
The statement reads, “Ebonyi was arrested for defrauding his victims, comprising Non-Governmental Organisations, NGOs, and individuals by advertising an intervention project through his NGO (Theobarth Global Foundation) claiming that the Ford Foundation was offering a grant of $20,000, 000.000 (Twenty Billion US dollars) to assist the less-privileged in the society.”
Ebonyi “beguiled his victims to subscribe as beneficiaries of the phoney grant by asking them to pay for registration forms and clusters”, according to the antigraft agency.
Laut Oyewale erhielt der Priester den Betrag von 1,8 Millionen Naira von jedem Käufer.
He claimed that through this arrangement, Ebonyi allegedly raked in N1,391,040, 274.31. His subscribers are innocent and unsuspecting Nigerians and NGOs all over the country.
Oyewale erklärte, dass die Untersuchungen ergaben, dass die Ford Foundation keine Vereinbarung, einen Grant, eine Beziehung oder eine Geschäftsbeziehung mit Ebonyi hatte.
He erklärte, dass die Ford Foundation Ebonyi und seine Nichtregierungsorganisation „eindeutig abgelehnt“ hatte und dass sie keine Verbindungen zu ihnen hatten.
Oyewale erklärte, dass die Kommission auch fünf Immobilien von Ebonyi erworben hat, die als Ergebnis seiner Straftaten erworben wurden.
EFCC reported that “Ebonyi is still reaching his subscribers on some social media platforms to market his spurious grant from Ford Foundation.”
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