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Court Postpones Mercy Chinwo Ex Manager Arraignment
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#EFCC #Chinwo #Eezetee ©March 6th, 2025 ®March 7, 2025 12:11 am Federal High Court sitting in Lagos state has postponed the arraignment of Ezekiel ThankGod aka Eezetee, the ex manager of Nigeria gospel music star, Mercy Chinwo over allegation of stealing $340,000 belonging to the singer, with the judge of the Federal High Court insisting that the court must complete the case administrative procedures before the ex manager who was in court in person on Thursday can be arraigned. #OsazuwaAkonedo
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Federal High Court sitting in Legos
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state has postponed the arrangment of
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Ezekiel than good aka the ex-manager of
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Nigeria gospel music star messing or
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over allegation of stealing
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$340,000 belonging to the singer with
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the judge of the federal High Court
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insisting that the court must complete
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the case administrative procedures
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before the ex-manager who was in court
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in person on Thursday can be arranged
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according to the economic and financial
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crimes Commission FCC Justice AA of the
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federal high court eoi langos has
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adjoined the alleged
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$340,000 fraud case involving Ezekiel
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than God former manager of gospel artist
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Ming Will May 14th 2025 for hearing the
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Lego zal directorate of the economic and
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financial crimes commission efcc had
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filed a three count charge against him
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bordering on money laundering and the
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soonest conversion to the tune of
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$340,000 one of the counts reads that
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you Ezekiel on God and easy Global
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Concepts limited some time in
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2023 directly return the sum of
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26,44 $2
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26,44 USD in EAS global ministri anded
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bank PLC account number which some you
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reasonably ought to have known forms
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part of the proceeds of an unlawful
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activity the dishonest conversion of the
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said some property of Messi Cho and
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Judith Cano the offense is contrary to
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section 18 2 B and punishable under
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Section 18 3 of the money laundering
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prevention and prohibition act
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2022 he was to have been arranged
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alongside his company easy Global
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Concepts limited on February 17th 2025
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bought his absence told his trial the
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court had also issued a bench warrant
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for his arrest and ordered him to appear
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in court today March 6 2025 either by
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the subsistent bench warrant or
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production by his councel his councel Dr
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M ubani son had also assured that he
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will be in court on the adj debt at the
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resumed sitting on Thursday Prosecuting
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Council bisu bhari informed the court of
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the prosecution Readiness to arraign the
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defendant who was present in court the
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matter is for arraignment and subject to
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the Court's overriding convenience we
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are ready to commence she said Justice
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OAA however held that there is an
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administrative procedure on this matter
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and I cannot proceed until the
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determination of the procedure the case
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was thereafter adj till May 14th 2025
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for hearing on January 28th 2025 messo
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said via her social media handles that I
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am overwhelmed with sadness every single
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day and I cannot even explain it all
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this burden is too heavy for me to Bear
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people call me names accuse me unjustly
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and prent me as someone I am not they
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say I broke contract that I never did
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despite all the frustration they label
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me as something I could never be but I
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know the truth and I know my God sees
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all he is the God of Justice and he must
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arise for my sake the Lord is a God who
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avenges oh God who avenges shine forth
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rise up judge of the earth pay back to
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the proud what the deserve Psalm 94 1-2
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my heart cries out to him because I
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believe he will fight for me and make
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the truth known I leave it all in his
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hands earlier on January 27th 2025 she
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posted a video and said glory be to God
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this video is from October
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2021 I was scheduled to minister at
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Reverend phelix om church but my
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previous management cancelled my
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participation despite that I fought to
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attend and by God's grace he made a away
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when I arrived at the airport I was
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greeted by a medical team they explained
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that though had been informed I was
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Gravely ill and battling a terminal
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health condition it was incredibly
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painful and the mental strength was
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intense but the Lord healed my heart and
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gave me peace this is just one of many
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experiences to him alone be all the
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glory in a letter of clarification
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written through her lawyers entitled
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mageo and Mr Ezekiel thank God e setting
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the record straight the gospel artist
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stated below does we are solicitors to
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minister messy Cho her after referred to
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as Minister Mery it is with deep concern
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that we address the recent controversy
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surrounding Minister mery's relationship
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with Mr Ezekiel than good e our former
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manager why we would have preferred to
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maintain silence on this matter the
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severity of the falsehoods being
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circulated compels us to clarify the
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fact and set the record straight General
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note contrary to The Sensational
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narratives Minister Mercy did not
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initiate any Court action case against
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Mr Ezekiel than God e regarding her
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music catalog at no point has she
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claimed that a 50/50 Revenue split from
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her dspns is unfair the issues with Mr E
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in fact grave matters that have posed
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significant threats to her life and
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cannot be easy easily exhausted but she
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has Preferred to remain silent what were
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the real issues background Minister Mage
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Journey with is began humbly during her
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days as is's backup singer in Port hot
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over time their work relationship
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flourished with EAS assuming a local
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parentice role advising and mentoring
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her their relationship was not born out
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of contract but beyond she honors him
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like a father he commenced managing her
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early in 2017 introduced her to his
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pastor Pastor Temple odoko and later
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specifically advised that to sign a
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management contract on her birthday to
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remarkably announce their work he
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brought the contract and it was happily
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executed on September 5th 2017 in Port
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hortt not de and place work relation the
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work relation was super cordial Minister
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messy excess love project was recorded
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in 2017 and it was a major success other
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projects followed EAS put in the work
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and passion he talked big on his vision
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for gospel music in Nigeria and she
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strongly bought into it relocation to
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Legos the grace of God was evident and
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need to relocate to Legos became crucial
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in
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2018 he established the structure and
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the worked with unity and the common
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Vision everyone was committed to the
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organization vision and she was
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instrumental in ensuring that more
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gospel ministers starting with Jud
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joined the organization in early
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2019 the Turning Point towards the
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middle and end of 2019 commencing the
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third year of working with EAS things
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began to change gradually they had
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discussions as usual about the
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organization and our plans he expressed
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his intention for her to extend her
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5-year contract to 12 years however she
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declined stating that she has got other
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plans afterwards she noticed that at any
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given opportunity to address any issue
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eity would be hostile and make reference
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to the contract he started talking tough
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and repeatedly about the contract which
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was not the norm it was at this point
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that she realized she needed to have a
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copy of the contract as the situation
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got worse in 2020 she demanded for her
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copy of the contract by the way her copy
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of the contract was only given at the
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end of the contract time on the 23rd of
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November
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2022 by the fourth year the relationship
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had become extremely toxic as Minister
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messy started to endure Untold verbal
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and emotional assult that literally
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affected her person EAS it will threaten
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her with statements like I will deal
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with you I will mess you up I made you
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whom you are I can shut you up and
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nobody will hear you again I will
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destroy your career including the use of
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the e word sadly on different occasions
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extremely hostile antagonistic and
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abusive easy to continue to intimidate
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her isolating and bullying her
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misleading people inviting her for
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events about her
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availability when she gets invitations
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to minister at programs the management
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would respond to the invitees that she
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was not available or that she was sick
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in some cases the management would
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demand an outrageous fee for her to
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attend programs in order to frustrate
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the invitation one of such heartbreaking
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incidents involved a church program that
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had been concluded for her to attend in
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October 2021 hosted by a f of faith in
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Edo State Reverend
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Felix is suddenly told the host that
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Minister Messi could not attend because
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she had a terminal health problem she
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got wind of it and fought back it became
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chaos while she threatened it was over
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and done with the
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organization she was threatened with the
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contract but she insisted she will go
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and Minister against the Management's
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wish there were interventions after much
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pressure he he claimed the organizers
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did not make flight
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arrangements she said she will attend by
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any means he eventually booked the
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flight to her surprise her host came
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along with a medical team to the airport
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to receive her believing she was on and
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may need support meanwhile Minister
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Messi also discovered that her ticket
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and that of EAS had been long booked by
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the host reconciliation though broken
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she made efforts at Recon iation she
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prayed and had discussions with her
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spiritual Mentor she decided to make a
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deliberate effort to restore the good
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working
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relationship she was led to SW a seed to
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him she bought a brand new SUV for him
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as a seed she read efforts and the tried
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to achieve a genuine
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reconciliation they reconciled but he
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was more particular about posting the
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car on social media to appreciate her
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she she declined and things got worse
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the situation wasn't as there was no
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longer trust she lived in tears she had
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to narrate her experience to minister CH
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Jesus whose intervention led to the
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management returning her call lines to
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her in December 2021 to manage her
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Program scheduling herself without
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removing her cost of logistics for
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travels and remuneration for her team
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members which she must pay she remitted
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an absolute total of 50% ENT of any gift
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or honorarium with dat and evidence to
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EAS if she delayed he would certainly
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send aail case of forgery after her
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contract had expired on the 5th of
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September
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2022 Minister Mery was directed to get
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her copy of the contract from his Pastor
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Temple oroko who has now become their
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Mutual father and she got her copy
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November 22nd
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2022 shockingly it turned out that the
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contract that was signed in 2017 had
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been replaced with another contract made
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in
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2019 a new contract made in 2019 was
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altered to seem as if it was the
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document signed in
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2017 clearly on the first of the
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contract at the front page the 2019 was
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altered to
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2017 by turning the 9 to7 with a pain
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however the commencement page was
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carelessly read 2019 e is challenge in
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one word to release the first three
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pages and the execution page of the
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contract in public the contract till
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then has no original just the photocopy
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du diligence revealed that after signing
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the original contract in 2017 2 years
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later when they had relocated to Legos e
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secured the services of a prominent and
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respected law firm in Legos Udo UDA and
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B oag to prepare a new contract in
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2019 the contract was used to substitute
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the 2017 original contract the contract
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was prepared and sent to him via email
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in 2019 by Udo udoma and B osagi he
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altered the front page of the contract
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to rent 2017 and claimed it was the
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contract signed meanwhile the
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commencement date was carelessly left as
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2019 on the document he refused to
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release the original contract signed in
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2017 but the new one
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2019 at an investigation meeting our
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managing partner buien respectfully
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asked Mr Mana AI Esquire partner at OD
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UD and B oag to speak to the Integrity
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of the contract the partner confirmed
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that while they drafted the contract in
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2019 it was never signed in their
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presence as e it claimed he added that
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their firm only sent it to him via email
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and was not aware of the 2017
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alterations on the contract this exposed
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the fact that it was not the same
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contract signed 2017 in po Court it is
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important to reiterate that while the
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2017 contract was just about five pages
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the 2019 contract which was introduced
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by E to replace the old contract was 25
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Pages allocated lifetime ownership of
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all music works to EAS and couched in a
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manner intended to perpetually have
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Minister Mercy in servitude other issues
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is a in the continued ous act doctored
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reports received from symphonic afri and
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YouTube by not declaring the correct
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Revenue split to be paid out to minister
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Messi he brought documents in the mid
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years of the contract that she needs to
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sign to help recover her revenue from
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publishing as
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songwriter yet he falsely listed himself
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as the writer of all her songs to
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receive revenues as both writer and
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producer he refused to remit her a penny
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from the publishing revenue for the past
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seven years from inception to death and
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Minister messy didn't make it an issue
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he did not remit his choice 50% of the
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digital streams earnings from 2022 to
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2024 a complete two years is claimed he
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has paid her over
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$600,000 that couldn't have been the
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reason for the issues Minister Messi
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recorded and released almost 40 songs
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with him whatever he has remitted to her
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is from the 50% ratio and she has never
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complained about the
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percentage after the contract Minister
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messy made significant efforts to record
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an additional album before the
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expiration of her contract she had clear
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instruction instructions on the songs
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wrote them down and sent a list to easy
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requesting a recording
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schedule however his responses were
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dismissive with one reply stating n a
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they teach me work now and another time
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indicating he was too busy at the time
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after the original contract which
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spanned from 2017 to
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2022 had expired e insisted that the
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contract be extended he justified this
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by citing the fact that a third album
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had not been recorded referencing a
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questionable contract clause from
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2019 Apostle Anselm's muko intervention
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Apostle anelim attempted to help resolve
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the matter on several occasions we were
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advised to forgive and forget and we
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happily did E was told to remit Minister
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M's due and everyone agreed on an
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independent audit in neutral auditor was
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appointed the audit was about to start
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when e pulled out and refused to comply
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further on the excuse that his lawyer
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was not at the meeting where the audit
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was agreed upon the auditor had to
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resign for lack of cooperation having
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seen the volume of Revenue coming he had
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to manipulate a new contract forgery and
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diversion investigation at the efcc
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investigation panel in
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2024 with all parties present and their
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lawyers it was established that the sum
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of$
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274,000 United States dollars had been
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unlawfully retained and diverted by E
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from digital platform revenues reviewed
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as at e claimed Minister Mery had asked
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him to help keep part of the revenue to
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avoid mismanagement and that he was
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holding the remaining to ensure
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reconciliation before releasing the
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payment he stated there was no intention
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to steal he was understood the money was
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recovered peacefully is it now admitted
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at the efcc offers for very first time
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that there were two contracts the
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original signed in 2017 and another he
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introduced 2 years after the actual
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contract had been signed he however
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appealed that the matter be settled
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amicably in peace he started crying and
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preached peace Minister messy broke down
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emotionally also in tears there was
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forgiveness and Reconciliation the legal
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practitioner representing Mr E D akinos
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son senior partner at s coopa Partners
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admonished that parties should settle as
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Christian family e apologized in tears
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to minister mercy and Reconciliation was
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encouraged parties settled and the L
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silk encouraged that a settlement
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agreement be prepared and signed
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afterward a draft agreement was prepared
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and and sent To Us by the land silk
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representing EAS outlining terms a at
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amicably resolving the matter after
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reviewing the draft we provided our
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input to address certain terms and
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awaited the signing of the final
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settlement
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agreement however upon following up with
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the L silk the last response remained
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that we should wait Court cares just as
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we were waiting for E to finalize the
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settlement peacefully by signing we were
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told that I had engaged a new lawyer and
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had now taken the matter to court I was
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the one who filed a court case against
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micho and Jud separately in suit
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referenced L mdc9 minus
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24289 ym the s e pushed the false report
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of Minister messy taking him to court
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for a catalog to mislead the public and
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draw sentiments or pity to him he filed
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another suit in court against the efcc
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for investigating the allegations we l
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held that he has been charged for fraud
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by efcc a warrant of arrest issu for him
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to be compelled to appear before the
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court final settlement Minister messy
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family believes that the Lord has
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settled her and wiped away her tears
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reaffirming her position that these
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issues are not Beyond
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resolution however is it should tell the
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world as he has been doing what happened
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to the 2017 contract she signed in Port
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her Court what is the reason behind the
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introduction of a new LEGOs based
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contract in
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2019 why was the document forged and why
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has he refused to inform the public
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about the true state of the two
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contracts Minister messy deeply
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appreciates your prayers love and
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continued support during this time
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signed pumi allent Missy Esquire
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solicitors and Attorneys at to minister
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