Reports had
it that the suspect, who is in police custody, was formally in the Iju/Ita
Ogbolu branch of the church, before he was transferred to Ipogun branch. When
he was reportedly quizzed by the palace chiefs, the suspect said he was
divinely instructed to share the items so as to save his ailing son.
The self-
acclaimed pastor who belonged to one of the Pentecostal churches was arrested
for allegedly hawking fetish items in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The pastor, Adeniyi Johnson, said to be
mentally challenged, was arrested by resident of Ijomu in Akure metropolis
while hawking the items as fried meat in the area. The pastor, according to
eyewitness account, brought out the items from his pocket and put them inside a
tray before hawking.
Vanguard
gathered that those who saw him immediately raised alarm and were trying to
lynch him before some elders intervened and suggested he should be taken to the
Oba’s palace.
On hearing
his confession, the crowd that followed him to the palace attempted to stone
him to death, but the palace chiefs reportedly prevented them as the suspect
was taken into the inner chambers of the Oba. The suspect reportedly told the
chiefs that his son was dying and that unless people eat the fried meat he was
hawking that the son might not survive.
He was said
to have pleaded with those who arrested him to allow him finish what he had
started so as to save his dying son.
The chiefs later arranged for his transfer
to the custody of the Police. Vanguard learned that he is being detained at the
Police Area Command headquarters of the state for interrogation. Sources at his
church revealed that he had been sacked over a month ago to enable his family
take care of his mental problem.
Vanguard
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