The police on Monday re-arraigned
Stephanie Otobo, the woman who claimed
she had an affair with Apostle Johnson
Suleiman, before a Tinubu Magistrates’
Court, Lagos.
Otobo, 23, was brought before Magistrate
Kikelomo Bukola-Ayeye alongside Wisdom
Godstime, 43, on a three-count charge of
conspiracy, intent to steal, blackmail and
threat to life.
The police on March 6 failed to obtain a
remand order for the duo from the same
court, following Magistrate Bukola-Ayeye’s
ruling that there was insubstantial
evidence to support the charge against
them.
At the commencement of Monday’s
proceedings, the prosecutor, M. A.
Animashaun, said the defendants and
others at large committed the alleged
offence on February 14, 2016 at about
10:30 a.m. at Police College, Ikeja, Lagos.
He alleged that they conspired amongst
themselves to steal by demanding for
property with menace and attempted to
extort money.
Animashaun also said that the defendants,
“with intent to blackmail a man of God,
unlawfully demanded the immediate
payment of $1million to Otobo by Apostle
Johnson Suleiman, the president and
founder of Omega Fire Ministry
Worldwide, else she would call a press
conference and accuse him of committing
adultery with her and thereafter kill him.”
The court also heard that the defendants
with intent to extort money from Suleiman,
accused him of committing adultery with
Otobo and also promised to marry her.
According to the Animashaun, the offences
were punishable under sections 411, 301
and 303 of the Criminal law of Lagos State,
2015.
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
Magistrate Bukola-Ayeye granted them bail
in the sum of N100,000 each which they
must deposit with the court’s registrar and
two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case till April 27 for
trial.
The Nation
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