The Lead Pastor and founder of the Harvesters International Christian Center (HICC), Bolaji Idowu, has reportedly been arrested by the Nigerian police over alleged real estate fraud and money laundering.
According to a report by SaharaReporters, the pastor popularly known as the “Next-Level Prayer Conference” pastor was arrested for alleged N1.5 billion fraud and may spend the night in the custody of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) of the Nigeria police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Quoting police sources, SaharaReporters said the case against Pastor B, as he is fondly called “emanated from one of his pastors who duped several people in a real estate scheme”.
“The police investigation showed that several billions of naira in the scheme were traced first to Pastor Bolaji’s church account and later to his personal account,” the source added.
Netizens have however been reacting to the news report of the arrest. Read some comments below:
@lyonn_ade: “They’re investigating not that he’s been labeled guilty already!”
@amarachi_elias: “This pastor no get any scandal until he started rolling with celebrities.”
@thisiskingx: “Daddy freeze don see content!”
@donking669: “The same people wey dey tell us say heaven is our home.”
@ekeneofforma: “Veekee James pastor.”
@demy_883: “Because he a man of God doesn’t mean his holy , we are all human and we are sinner.”
@kelvin_krtz: “Just so you know, churches are currently the most favored organizations for politicians to launder money.”
