Pastor and His Kids Arrested For Printing Fake Naira Notes

A pastor, Godson Akubuiro, was yesterday paraded
along with 15 others for allegedly printing and
circulating fake naira notes.
Kogi State Director of State Security Service (SSS)
Mike Fubara, who paraded the suspects, said six of
them are Pastor Godson Akubuiro's children.
Akubuiro, 49, is the General Overseer of The
Mountain of Breakthrough Deliverance Ministry, also
known as Land of Solution, located at Plot 7, Koya
Estate, Igbo Olomu, Agric, Ikorodu, Lagos from where
he and other suspects were arrested. The "pastor"
hails from Imo State.
Fubara said the SSS began investigation four months
ago to trace the source of the "'worrisome fake naira
currency in circulation in Kogi state to uncover those
behind the act''. ''This operation took the service
close to four months before a breakthrough resulting
in the arrest of the 16-man syndicate led by Rev.
Godson O. Akubuiro," he said
Items recovered from the suspects include
equipment and materials used in printing fake
currencies, a large quantity of printed fake notes, cut
to size blank currency notes and N1.3 million fake
naira notes.
There were also photocopier machines and different
colours of oil paints.
Akubuiro, admitted the crime before reporters,
saying he was "an ordained man of God" until the
devil overwhelmed him. He admitted that he had
been involved in the criminal activity since
November 2012 in his house, along with his family
members.
Akubuiro said he was not using the money for
himself but in support of the less-privileged and the
needy in his congregation.