An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti on Thursday sentenced two men - a 63 years old cleric, Rt. Rev. Adereti Ebenezar and 68 years old Chief Akinyede Joseph - to three years imprisonment each for conspiracy and other offences.
“During the manual search conducted by CAC, it was discovered that Rt. Rev. Adereti Ebenezer who was Archbishop 3 of the Church and Chief Akinyede Joseph had manipulated some documents which indicated that the trustees had a meeting and the decision was taken to remove Most Rev. Tunde Ogunseemi’s name, minutes of the same meeting was forged among others and presented to CAC.
The prosecutor, Adaramola, called five witnesses and tendered the petition to the CAC, relieve of the appointment letter, extracts from the meeting, letter from Conference of General Secretaries to the Archbishops, and statement of the defendants, among others as exhibits.
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