‘G.O.’ arrested for allegedly defrauding his members of N500m, says it's just N186m

The Enugu state police command said it has arrested Bishop Ginika Obi, the General Overseer of the City of Liberation and Comfort Ministry

He was arrested for allegedly swindling his members and the public of over N500 million.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the arrest of the supposed ‘Bishop’The Enugu police command has revealed the arrested Bishop Ginika Obi after he allegedly duped his members and public a whooping sum of N500 million.

In his report, Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu stated that “luck ran out of the suspect over the weekend as he was trailed based on intelligence information to a hotel at Amechi Road, off Agbani Road, Enugu.

”According to news, the supposed 'Bishop' Obi had used his non-government organization, named:

 ‘Build Your Generational Organization’ to allegedly swindle his church members and other members of the public of different amount of money giving the hope that they would get a return on investment after a while.

The ministry which enjoyed lots of activities last year as people flocked the church for various reasons from miracle seeking to business success and other reasons.

 The church which was located on Enugu, Port Harcourt express road has become a shadow of its former self as was pulled down due to public outcry over his activities and the land given to a private developer as part of the ongoing HELIU residences project 

Knowing he had been found out, the supposed 'Bishop' enloped, abandoning his church and members. He was, however, arrested at a hotel in Enugu over the weekend, where he was said to have been hiding. 

It was also said that after abandoning his church,he moved to Delta State, Asaba precisely where he started a new church under a new name and changed his title from 'Bishop' to 'Prophet'

Following his arrest, many of his victims have come out to narrate their ordeal in the hands of 'Bishop' Ginika and how he had swindled them and enloped. 

Some of them include: a widow, Blessing Okonkwo Edekin; Nnenna Okonkwo, a petty trader; and Chidiebere Okolo, expressing happiness that he had been caught and would be brought to book as they lost huge sums of money to him. 

The Commissioner of Police, Dan-mallam Mohammed, has directed full-scale investigations into the alleged nefarious activities of the ‘Bishop’.

According to PPRO in Enugu, Ebere Amaraizu: “He is now helping operatives in their investigations in relation to his nefarious activities.

He said he never knew his financial non-governmental organization would turn out this way. He disclosed that the amount he defrauded is not up to the sum of N500 million but N186 million.”

Bishop Ginika Obi