The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has revealed the General Overseer of the International Godsway Church (IGWC), Bishop Daniel Obinim is in its custody for allegedly defrauding someone to the tune of GHc 11.6 million.
Bishop Obinim was arrested yesterday [Tuesday] after he turned himself in to the Police. The preacher was captured in a video in which he was being led into a vehicle from the Police station in handcuffs, escorted by some police officers.
[contextly_sidebar id=”j2Wj1Xea9tFkxFrjzwyOaXFODAH124kt”]The embattled preacher made headlines in the past week for the public flogging of two young adults for which he is under investigation but it is this claim of fraud that has seen him locked up.
According to the CID, the complainant came to the Tema Police accusing Bishop Obinim of failing to deliver on a promise of helping him retrieve family gold proceeds from a fetish priest which culminated in him being defrauded of the GHc 11.6 million by the preacher.
“This is case of fraud which was reported directly at the CID head office. The complainant, reported that in November 2015, he paid an amount of GHc 780,000 to one Okomfo Dzakpata in the Eastern region. Apparently the money was fromfamily gold which was sold and he paid the proceeds,” the PRO of the CID, ASP Joseph Darkwa explained to Citi News.
“According to the complainant, the Okomfo couldn’t perform the rituals he want to see Bishop Obinim for him to assist him in retrieving the money and perform the rituals for him,” he narrated further.
The complainant then visited Bishop Obinim who asked him to bring the rest of the family gold money and the complainant gave the “amount of GHc 11.6 million to Prophet Obinim under the pretense of him [Obinim] performing some rituals and blessing the money,” ASP Darkwa stated.
“So we arrested him and we have begun with investigation into this very case,” ASP Darkwa added.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana