THE craze
for money, affluence and fame has landed a self acclaimed prophet of an old
generation church in deep trouble in Ondo State. Aside the allegation of being
fetish in his ministerial activities,
the prophet, Moses Abiodun was equally accused of obtaining money under false
pretence from unsuspecting members of
the public, who thronged his church for
miracles and deliverance from poverty and satanic attacks. •The prophet
exhuming a cow head he buried inside his church His Church, Christ Apostolic
Church, CAC, Agbala Dagunduro located at Kilometre 5, Ijare Road, Ikota
Junction in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state has been sealed by
security operatives in the state. This followed reports of his alleged “unholy”
activities made to security
operatives by one of his lieutenants who
had disagreements with him over the booty that accrue to the Church. Also his
neighbours who were perturbed by what they noticed was happening in the “House
of God” reportedly lodged a complaint to members of the Oodua Peoples Congress,
OPC, who later involved officials of the Security and Civil Defence Corps
in the state. Findings by Vanguard
showed that acting on a tip off by a confidant of the suspect who reportedly
fell out with him when the church started making waves and the church’s bank
account started swelling, officials of the corps who later swooped on him some scary discoveries at strategic points
inside the church. Sources said that the suspects’ confidant, who knew about
the activities of the prophet was sidelined and all his efforts to convince the
prophet to allow him partake in the booty were rebuffed. Vanguard was informed
that the prophet called the bluff of the confidant when he threatened to expose
him to the church members and security operatives. When he discovered that the
prophet was unperturbed by his threat and having felt cheated he spilt the
beans upon which the suspect was picked up, interrogated and detained. Vanguard
gathered that the prophet’s close ally actually told security agents that the prophet allegedly buried
human heads in strategic places inside the church. This allegation prompted the
invasion of the church by officials of the Security and Civil Defense Corps who
later discovered that the prophet actually buried heads of a cow, tortoise,
cowries, divination board and other fetish items on the altar and all the
entrances of his church. These discoveries were made when he was interrogated
and he reportedly confessed and took the security agents to the church. He was
also forced to excavate all the fetish items
buried in the church. The
decomposed heads of the cows full of
maggots, pigeon heads tied with kola nuts, clay pots wrapped with white clothes
and the dead tortoise were dug out by the prophet in the presence of security
operatives and members of the public who got wind of the development in the
church. Reports had it that the youths in the area descended on him but
security operatives prevented them from setting him and the church on fire when
the fetish items were dug out . Security operatives had to cordorn off the
church premises following the influx of
people who trooped in to have a glimpse of the discoveries from the
“House of God.” The church became deserted after the exposure of the prophet
while his co-workers in the “vineyard” have equally disappeared into thin air.
Vanguard gathered that the prophet also reportedly confessed that same fetish
items were buried in his house where he equally held consultations with members of the public and his church members.
Security operatives who escorted him to his house made him exhume all the fetish items. Vanguard learned that officials of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in the state effected his arrest and detention.
Speaking with Vanguard, the state commandant of the corps, Mr. Fasiu
Adeyinka said the suspect aged 34 hails
from Esa-Oke in Osun State. Adeyinka confirmed that the suspect was picked up
following a tip-off that he was suspected to have buried something suspected to
be human head inside his church. “The men of NSCDC quickly swung into action,
went straight to the church and he was asked to dig in specific spots inside
the Church where various items suspected to be charms such as cow head, pigeon
head tied with kolanut, big clay pot wrapped with white clothes and other numerous
fetish items were exhumed from the ground both at the entrance and inside the
church. According to him the self acclaimed clergyman was subsequently picked
up after his officers were able to make the discoveries about the illicit
activities of the pastor. The commandant said investigation is still on-going
to unravel the pastor’s motive of burying fetish items in strategic places
inside the church . He said that the suspect would soon be charged to court
after the conclusion of their investigations. As it stands, no member of the
church showed up for the Sunday and Tuesday mid-week services last week,
ostensibly to show that all is no more well with the so called church. CAC
disowns cleric Meanwhile, the national
body of the Christ Apostolic Church has disowned alleged fetish clergyman. The
Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC Kayode Balogun told Vanguard that some
people from the national headquarters of the church came to the office to
disown the suspect. He said a team from the C.A.C asked him several questions
about when and where he was ordained as a pastor of the church, but he could
not give any answer. The Church leaders have promised to charge the suspect to
court for impersonation.Source
