Okene Pastor bags eight years imprisonment for operating illegal medical facility »

… Council Boss commend Judiciary, security agencies.

A Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene has sentenced a fake Pastor, Peter Micheal Michonza to eight years imprisonment for operating an illegal medical facility in Okene Local Government of the State.

Hon. Justice Abdullahi Umar gave the judgement in Okene on Tuesday.

Reacting to the court judgment, the Chairman of Okene Local Government, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad lauded the judiciary for upholding the laws of the land and sanitizing the society against evils and criminalities by men who in some cases operated under the cover of religious and humanitarian activities.

The Council boss advised the people to always patronize only registered medical facilities as religious houses are not licensed to diagnose or carry out any form of medical treatment.

InsideStory recalled that the Kogi State Government sealed up the prayer house on the 25th of September, 2022 for alleged unwholesome practices. https://tinyurl.com/2dzrgx62

It was gathered that a number of deaths have been recorded at the prayer house, including pregnant women and others suffering from various ailments, after charging their relatives huge sum of money.