We are truly in the end times, A self- acclaimed pastor with 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.
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.
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.
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