The Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday sentenced Harry Uyanwanne and wife, Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein) to 10 years’ imprisonment for conspiracy and theft of N52 million.
Convicted alongside the couple was their church, Temple International Church, which the judge ordered closed.
The judge, Justice Mojisola Dada, handed down the sentence after convicting the couple of a seven-count charge offence brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate.
The couple were first arraigned before the court on February 25, 2020.
They pleaded not guilty, and a trial started in the matter.
The prosecution, led by EFCC counsel Babatunde Sonoiki called five witnesses while the defence counsel two.
One of the counts stated that Odemuyiwa and their church, in March 2016 in Lagos, converted N10 million, property of the late Mrs. Janet Odemuyiwa Adeola.
Another count stated that in March 2016 in Lagos allegedly sold the property at Plot 32, Block 9, Magodo Residential Scheme 1, Ikeja Local Government to one Mr. Kingsley Atere for N42 million on the false presentation that he was authorised to do so by the owner, the late Mrs. Adeola.
