Four men, Henry Ajie, 23, Bright Ajie, 22, Dadison Ogadima, 22, and Sampson Dibia, 30, have been arrested by the Rivers State Police Command for allegedly murdering a pastor, Chukwu Ekere, because he preached to them abut repentance.
The State Command posted on its Facebook wall that the suspect who were also involved in the kidnap, rape and murder of one Mrs Igila Sunday of
Ohigha village on January 7, 2016, were arrested at Ohigha in
Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area and in Diobu, Port Harcourt, the
state capital.
In the statement, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, said the gang has confessed to killing the man of God.
“The suspects confessed to the allegations of the victim’s kidunapping after which they raped, strangulated her and buried her corpse in shallow grave at Ogbosi.
The
gang also confessed to have been responsible for the kidnapping of
Pastor Chukwu Ekere of same Ohigha community and killed him for the
simple reason that the man of God disturbed them with his preaching of
repentance and also for urging them to shun their nefarious activities
and accept God.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as the investigations are concluded.”
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