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.”