The pastor of a new
generation church in Katsina-Ala was arrested yesterday for illegal possession of
fire arms and assault on the church’s accountant
It was gathered from sources that the pastor
was caught in possession of firearm by men of the Benue State Special Anti
Robbery Squad,SARS,when he allegedly tried to kill the accountant of the
church, Mr. Philip Toryila, during a serious disagreement over money.
According to our source,”the incident occurred
on Tuesday evening when the pastor ordered the church accountant to handover church
funds to him for execution of a project and he refused.
“The refusal of the accountant angered the pastor
who engaged him and in the process pulled out a gun on the accountant.
“In the process, the accountant shouted for
help which attracted the attention of another church official who alerted the
police and they quickly drafted some armed men of the squad to the place and
arrested the pastor.”
The source added that “the accountant
sustained a major facial injury and other parts of his body and was quickly
rushed to a private hospital in Katsina-Ala where is now receiving treatment.”
Confirming the story, Police Public Relations
Officer, PPRO, Deputy Suprintendent of Police Daniel Ezeala, said: “The
arrested pastor was brought to the state command and he will soon be charged to
court for illegal possession of firearms but we are still conducting investigations
into the matter”..
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