Police in Osun State have arrested a cleric, Evangelist Olalekan Ogundipe, for alleged murder of the Shepherd In-Charge of CCC Grace of Comfort Parish, Obaloran Quarters, Ile-Ife , Osun State, Most Superior Evangelist Olagbaju Moris Gbade Fadehan.
Ogundipe who is an Assistant Pastor in the church was alleged to have killed his Senior in the evening of Monday , February 26 within the premises of the church in Ife.
He was said to have engaged in hot argument with his Senior Pastor, Fadehan, before allegedly stabbing him several times which later led to his death.
Ogundipe, after killing his Senior Pastor later set his body ablaze on the spot.
He , however, ran out of luck as he was immediately apprehended and handed over to the police by people.
Report indicated that the disagreement between the Senior Pastor and his Assistant was actually over a woman Ogundipe was dating in the church.
“Contrary to reports in some quarters that they were fighting over a woman, this is not true.
“It was actually the Assistant Pastor that was in a disagreement with another man, a member of the church, who is also currently in detention too, over a woman.
“The shepherd only insisted that Ogundipe should choose one out of all the women he was dating all over in order to resolve the issue,” the source said.
Though the assistant shepherd has confessed to the crime, the source stressed that such a dastardly act couldn’t have been executed by him alone.
“The injuries inflicted on the old man were just too much for just one person to have carried out the killing.
“There are stabbing marks all over his neck, and a screwdriver was rammed into his nose.
“Anyone who saw the man’s corpse before it was wheeled into the mortuary yesterday would be discouraged as a pastor.
“He was slaughtered as if killer herdsmen carried out the job, and these guys were not Fulani,” the source sadly disclosed.
He added that more people are currently being arrested over the murder. (vitalnewsngr.com)
