Justice Jude Obiora of an Awka High Court today July 17 sentenced a high-profile fake native doctor, Onyebuchi Okocha, aka Onyeze Jesus, to six years imprisonment with a N20 million fine.
Onyeze Jesus which translates to ‘Jesus the King’ has been in detention for about a year and six months following charges of enriching people through supernatural means and money doubling, which contravenes Section 18 of the Anambra state Homeland Laws .
He faced three-count charges of propagating money-making through supernatural means on his Social Media handles as well as running an Oke- Ite spiritual practices and also money doubling.
Delivering his judgement, Justice Obiora dismissed the second and third charges but upheld the first count charge.
According to the judge, Onyeze Jesus admitted being the person in the viral videos and ownership of the Social Media handles as well as voicing and propagating the act of making money through supernatural means rather than through known lawful means of acquiring wealth.
Hon Justice Obiora ruled that the allegations of ritual m#rder or money doubling could not be proven as there were neither any proof nor persons that testified to have benefited from the practices.
As the judge handed down the sentence, the accused broke down in tears kneeling at the witness box, pleading that the Court should tamper justice with mercy.
“My Lord please tamper justice with mercy because this is my first offence and this is the first time that I am having a court case. Since February last year that I was arrested and have been in custody, I do not know the whereabout of my wife and my twin children who depend on me as the breadwinner. Also since I have been in custody three widows who depend on me have all d!ed due to the fact that there is no one taking care of them” he cried
