Tragedy struck in Ile-Ife, Osun State when an Assistant Priest Lekan Ogundipe k#lled the Presiding Priest of Celestial Church of Christ at Omitoto area, Evangelist Moris Fadehan inside church and burnt his corpse on the altar.
The Nation reports that the incident occurred on Monday evening after the presiding priest resumed for prayer. Ogundipe was said to ambushed him with bell, knives and nails, st+bbing him repeatedly. It was learnt that unresolved case of physical a§§ault by the Assistant Priest on a prophetess simply identified as Mummy Ewa last Wednesday caused a rift between the duo.
The owner of the church, Pa Olafare in a video obtained on Tuesday explained: “The deceased had reported to me that he was to disengage Lekan (suspect) as his assistant over many unlawful acts.
We unwrapped the deceased body and discovered that there was nail in his ear and several cut on the head and neck before we took the body to the morgue of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife. Meanwhile Lekan later confessed to the police that he perpetrated the crime because of dispute with the deceased.
The Prophetess explained: “the suspect att+cked me last week Wednesday when I told him to stop telling members that we were in a relationship, Pastor Fadehan met the unfortunate incident and warned Lekan against a§8ault on the Church.”
However, sun Police spokesman Yemisi Opalola confirmed Ogundipe, who is the suspect, had been arrested and the corpse of Pastor Fadehan deposited in the morgue for autopsy.
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