Justice Olabisi Akinlade, of the Ikeja High Court has rejected a post-conviction bail application filed by popular Celestial Church of Christ, CCC Prophet Israel Ogundipe, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment for fraud. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Ogundipe, who cited health grounds, had asked the court to grant him unconditional bail pending the hearing and determination of his sentence at the Court of Appeal. Defending the bail application, Olanrewaju Ajanaku, his counsel, in a 16-paragraph affidavit, said Ogundipe is suffering from diabetes, which requires strict…
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