A Lagos State High sitting in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne) alongside Temple International Church.
Justice Mojisola Dada handed down the verdict after finding them guilty of the offences preferred against them.
The judge also ordered that the third defendant, (Temple International Church), should be deregistered and closed down for using the name of God and the church to defraud people.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had filed seven counts bordering on stealing, dishonest conversion, false presentation and fraud against the convicts.
When the EFCC arraigned the convicts on February 25, 2020, they pleaded not guilty, and the prosecution commenced trial.
During the trial, the prosecution counsel, Mr BabatundeSonoiki, called five witnesses while the defence called two witnesses.
Delivering the judgment, the judge held that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and, therefore, found both of them guilty.
Justice Dada sentenced the duo to three years’ imprisonment on count one, while on count two to six, the first convict, Harry Uyanwanne, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment.
The second convict (Odemuyiwa) was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, but the court discharged and acquitted them on count seven.
Uyanwanne was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment while Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne) was sentenced to six years.
The judge ordered that the sentence should run concurrently.
Justice Dada also ordered the third convict, Temple International Church, to be deregistered and closed down.
