A Clergy with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, (Aka RCCG), Ebenezer Oduntan, has been apprehended and charged with stealing €70,000 over a period of eight years from a company and church in Co Kildare.
According to a statement issued from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), it said that Oduntan who lives at The Close, Curragh Grange, Newbridge, Co Kildare, was arrested and charged at Newbridge Garda Station, IrishTimes reports.
He was later brought to Naas District Court and faces 30 charges of theft, four charges of furnishing false information, as well as five charges of providing incorrect information.
The charges follow an investigation by the ODCE in relation to the alleged misappropriation of monies from the company and RCCG, City of David parish, in Toughers Business Park, Naas, Co Kildare.
Evidence of arrest, charge, and caution was given by Detective Garda Glenn Mackessy of the ODCE.
He told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions had directed trial on indictment.
Detective Garda Mackessy told Judge Desmond Zaidan that it was alleged that Oduntan was a director of the company and pastor of the church when the alleged offenses took place between 2012 and 2020.
The total value of the theft charges is approximately €70,000. Oduntan has been remanded on bail to appear again at Naas District Court in November for service of a book of evidence.
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