Harry Uyanwanne and Kristen Uyanwanne were found guilty of stealing N52 million and ordered to serve ten years in prison. Their church, Temple International Church, was also ordered to close due to fraudulent activities.
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Kristen Uyanwanne , to 10 years imprisonment for using church to steal N52 million. The court also ordered that the Church, Temple International Church , be deregistered and closed down. The couple and the church were charged by the Economic and Financial Crime s Commission , on seven counts bordering on stealing and fraud.
had arraigned the couple on February 25, 2020, but they pleaded not guilty and trial went on. Delivering judgment on Wednesday, Justice Mojisola Dada, found the couple guilty as charged. Dada held that the prosecution proved its case beyond every reasonable doubt. On count one, Dada, sentenced the duo to three years imprisonment and sentenced the first defendant to seven years imprisonment, on count two to six. The court discharged and acquitted the second defendant on count seven.
also told the court that the convicts sold a property located at Plot 32, Block 9, Magodo, Lagos, to one Kingsley Atere, for the sum of N42 million, on the false presentation that the first defendant was authorised by the complainant to sell the property. According to the prosecution, the offences violate Section 1 and of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act 2006. The offences also violated Sections 278 and 285 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Harry Uyanwanne Kristen Uyanwanne Temple International Church Ikeja Special Offences Court EFCC N52 Million Sentenced Fraud Restitution
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