Ex-Assemblies of God Church leader faces prosecution for forgery

The former General Superintendent, Assemblies of God Church, Rev. Paul Emeka, has been detained by the Police for certificate forgery and for parading himself as a professor of Theology.

Emeka who was interrogated by the Force Criminal Investigation Department,Abuja, on Wednesday, may be arraigned in court on Friday. If convicted, he may be jailed for between 10 and 21 years.

The cleric was recently sacked as the leader of the AGC, and was also ex-communicated from the ministry for allegedly dragging the name of the church in the mud by instituting legal suits and using law enforcement agencies to witch-hunt some of their leaders.

Our correspondent gathered that Emeka’s ordeal began when he was picked up by the  IG Monitoring Team based on complaints from the National University Commission, which confirmed that his professorship certificate was fake.

It was learnt that Emeka confessed to Police interrogators that he purchased the professorship certificate from one Prof. Okoro, who was deported from the United  States to Nigeria.

The Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, confirmed the detention of the cleric and his planned arraignment in court for certificate forgery.

He said, “I am aware that Rev. Emeka is with us and he was interrogated on Wednesday by detectives for parading himself as a professor. He may be arraigned in court on Friday.”