N573m Money Laundering: Court Dismisses Suit Against Magu, Prophet Omale |READ WHY
AFNews Reporter
Oct 05, 2022
Federal Capital Territory High Court has cleared the former Acting Chairman of Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu and Prophet Emmanuel Omale of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry of N573million money laundering.
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During the investigation of Magu by the Justice Isa Salami-led presidential investigation panel, it was claimed that an investigation by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, revealed that the ex-EFCC boss paid N573million into Omale's church's account with which property was allegedly bought in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, UAE.
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However, in his judgment, Justice Halilu noted that the evidence presented before the court was marred by the admittance of Omale's bank of error in its report to the NFIU, of entries in the hand of God Prophetic ministries account, adding that it occasioned incalculable damage to the reputation of Pastor Omale, his wife and their both church within and outside the country.
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Halilu further held that the bank claimed that the purported N573 million was wrongly reflected as a credit entry in Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry's account by its reporting system, which it recently upgraded.
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The judge consequently awarded the sum of N540 million Naira as damages in favour of the church.
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