‘I disguised as Muslim to raise money from mosques’

A 30- year-old security man, Obinna Ezealo of Old Karmo Abuja, yesterday told an Abuja Magistrate Court that hardship and temptation made him pretend to be a Muslim convert  in order to raise money from  mosques in Abuja.

Obinna, who was convicted for cheating, was said to have disguised as a new convert into the Muslim faith and went to two mosques in Abuja were he solicited for funds before his antic was discovered and he was handed over to the police.
Prosecutor Abdullahi Adamu, told the court that on January 28, one Malam Adamu Ibrahim attached to Wuse Market mosque reported at the Wuse Police Station that the accused came to their mosque and pretended to be a new Muslim convert in need of money.
He said that Muslim faithful in the mosque raised N4,000 for him only for the accused to leave the mosque to another mosque where he met another Imam and tried to dupe him of some amounts, on the pretext that he wanted to convert to Islam.
He said his antics were discovered and he was handed over to the police.
When the charges were read to the accused, he pleaded guilty and begged for leniency, promising never to do such in his life again.
The prosecutor urged the court to try him summarily according to Section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Magistrate Aminu Eri considered the convict’s leniency plea and sentenced him to two weeks imprisonment with a fine option of N1,000.
He also cautioned the convict never to engage in such crime again.

Posted: at 2-02-2011 10:41 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming

Poverty pervades the land, our Govt. should do something to ameliorate d suffering of d people.

Posted: at 3-02-2011 11:41 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming

y ar pple suffrng 2 dis extnt optionless!!! realy in 4 change...........

Posted: at 6-02-2011 08:19 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

Man must wak 

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Posted: at 9-02-2011 04:46 PM (13 years ago) | Hero

HAhahahihi !am sorry this it serious can you imagine, did i hear somebody saying MAN MUST WAK! Nna Okoro that is bad if you have gone to Church and say your shop was burned  down at Alaba or Even Jos to start with. To shikenan where are those who say Malam maisugarcane have nosense.It is just that malam can endure anything more than many of us.   FAITHLESS MAN i hope we learn a lesion

Posted: at 10-02-2011 01:07 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie

Christians do not believe in killing a fellow human being at all....not to talk of terrorism. Christianity does not teach that when u kill (in the name of whatever) u would be compensated with the highest part of paradise neither does it teach any form of compensation for fighting for God!

Posted: at 14-02-2011 11:05 AM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac