Ogun police arrest 2 pastors for killing brother in-law
Chioma Joseph, Lagos
For allegedly killing their brother in-law in the Ibafo area of Ogun state, two self -proclaimed pastors, Chukwuka Stephen (43) and Ejim Stephen (39) have been arrested by the police.
The suspects who were arrested by men of the state police command claimed they killed the deceased, Peter Chukwuyem because he suddenly stopped them from using his house for their church activities.
Findings have it that the deceased who was married to the elder sister of the suspects brought, brought Chukwuka and Ejim from their village in Delta state to live with him at Papa Ibafo in Ogun state.
While they were living with the couple, they were using the front of the deceased’s house for their church activities. The deceased however, discontinued them the use of the space when their conducts became suspicious.
Speaking on the development, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects started nursing animosity against their benefactor after they were sent packing.
Oyeyemi said they however, ambushed Chukwuyem while he was going to his farm and machete him to death on February 5.
“The deceased went to his farm with two of his teenage daughters in the morning and met the two suspects at the farm. Because of the presence of the two girls, they were unable to do anything to him for fear of been exposed.
“In the evening of the same day, the deceased went back to the farm alone and the suspects who have been waiting for him at the farm accosted him and machete him to death.
“It was when the deceased didn’t return on time that his wife traced him to the farm and met his dead body. She subsequently, went to Ibafo Police Station where she lodged a complaint,” he said.
According to the police spokesman, the two brothers were later arrested by the police at Ibafo based on accounts of the deceased two daughters who informed the police that they saw the two men earlier in their father’s farm.
“On interrogation, the two suspects denied killing their brother in-law, but when they were confronted by the two daughters of the deceased, they confessed killing the deceased in his farm because he deprived them of the continued usage of his frontage for their church activities,” Oyeyemi stated.
He revealed that the corpse of the deceased has been deposited at the mortuary for post -mortem examination, adding that the suspects have been transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and intelligence Department (SCID) for proper investigation and prosecution.
