The Attorney General of Anambra State, Tobechukwu Nweke (SAN), has arraigned eight pastors before the High Court of Anambra State over allegations of staging fake miracles, popularly referred to as “arrangee miracles.”
The pastors were brought before the court on multiple charges, including wielding fake supernatural powers, using places of worship for the commission of crimes, and obtaining money by false pretence.
According to court documents, the accused persons were charged under Sections 18(3) and 19(1) of the Anambra State Homeland Security Law, 2025, as well as Section 3(1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006.
The cases were filed under Charge Numbers A/65C/26, A/55C/26, A/63C/26, A/64C/26, A/57C/26, A/60C/26, A/58C/26, and A/61C/26.
Following their arraignment, the court ordered that the pastors be remanded in prison custody. The matter was subsequently adjourned to June 15, 2026, for hearing and consideration of bail applications.
The prosecution alleges that the pastors employed agents who recruited individuals and paid them to pretend they had been healed, delivered, or miraculously transformed during church services. According to the charges, these staged miracles were used to convince worshippers of the pastors’ supernatural abilities, thereby inducing members of the public to make financial contributions and other rewards.
Some of the pastors were charged alongside individuals alleged to have acted as intermediaries in procuring the paid actors used in the purported miracle performances.
The State Government disclosed that video-recorded confessional statements form part of the evidence to be presented during the trial. The proof of evidence reportedly includes flash drives containing recordings in which the accused pastors allegedly admitted to participating in the activities under investigation.
Speaking to journalists, Attorney General Tobechukwu Nweke (SAN) confirmed that the confessional statements were among the materials already frontloaded by the prosecution and would be relied upon during the proceedings.
Nweke stated that the prosecution is part of the Anambra State Government’s broader effort to protect citizens from exploitation and deception. He noted that the administration is determined to curb practices that take advantage of vulnerable members of the public through fabricated spiritual claims, similar to ongoing actions against fraudulent native doctors in the state.
The pastors and their respective ministries are:
- Ndubisi Nnachukwu – Omega Dominion Ministry
- Ekeleme Chris Ugochukwu – Cloud of Glory Prophetic Ministry
- Bishop Emeka Nwamkpa – Chapel of Faith Ministry
- Peter Chukwu – Messiah Adoration Ministry
- Chinedu Egwuonwu – Citadel of Grace Ministry
- Ebele Nnachukwu – Jehovah the Mighty Than All Ministry
- Miracle Iruoma – City of Power Ministry
- Chukwukadibia Ogwuama – Land of Testimony Adoration Ministry
The case is expected to attract significant public attention as the legal proceedings continue, with the next court session scheduled for June 15, 2026.
