The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered N11.9m belonging to a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Rivers State, and stolen by Cyril Idakwoji, a Deacon in the church.
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Idakwoji, a former employee of Access Bank, was the account officer of the church in the bank.
Sometime ago, the suspect was handed the said sum for onward transferred to the church’s account with Access Bank but rather diverted it to personal use.
The lid on the fraud and many others including that of N36m from the account of Jephtah International School, Port Harcourt, a customer of the bank, which Idakwoji and three others perpetrated was later blown off.
On Wednesday, the South- South Zonal Head of the EFCC, Mr. Ishaq Salihu handed over RCCG’s N11.9m recovered from Idakwoji to one of the Regional Ministers of the Church, Pastor Mark Barang.
“He (suspect) forged the letterheads of the church’s region 5 and the signature of the pastor in charge of the region. He also forged the signature of the church’s accountant to execute his criminal schemes in the RCCG,” Salihu said while handing over N11.9m cheques to Barang.
