The Lead Pastor of the Harvesters
International Christian Center (HICC), Bolaji Idowu ,
will spend the night in the custody of the Force Criminal Investigation
Department (FCID) of the Nigerian police in the Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja, for alleged N1.5billion fraud.
Multiple news channels had earlier exclusively
reported that police operatives from the FCID were grilling Pastor Idowu, in
the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
CityNews had learnt from top police sources
that Idowu, who is also popularly known as the “Next-Level Prayer Conference”
pastor was arrested and is under probe for alleged real estate fraud and money
laundering.
Giving an update to SaharaReporters, top police
sources at the FCID revealed that Pastor Idowu would be
sleeping over in the police cell for the alleged crime.
“The case emanated from one of his pastors who duped
several people in a real estate scheme,” one of the top sources revealed.
“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.
“The Next Level Prayer Conference, Pastor Bolaji
Idowu, has been arrested by the police, and he is being grilled in Abuja over
real estate fraud and money laundering,” the police source had earlier told
SaharaReporters.
Pastor Idowu started the church in December 2003.
Over the years, it has expanded locations across
Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
According to the church website, the Harvesters church
attracts over 70,000 worshippers both online and onsite.
Pastor Idowu’s “Next Level Prayers” is a platform
where participants offline and online are encouraged to build a prayer life.
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