A pastor in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, Jonathan Ojigbo, is now cooling off in the cell of the state police command.
The concoction Ojigbo allegedly prepared from the shrine behind his church has led to the untimely death of one Evi Samson, a member of his church.
The Cleric, Drumbeat gathered, prepared a black concoction for Samson to drink.
Samson later developed stomach ache, which eventually led to a swollen head and eyes before his death at night of the same day.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Celetina Kalu, who confirmed the occurrence, narrated how the pastor, who she said doubles as the Registrar of a Magistrate Court in the state, engaged the victim in prayer session before the prescribed concoction.
According to Kalu, one Samson Uwhemw of Erovie Quarters, Ozoro reported the matter at the Police Station in the locality before detectives pounced on the suspect.
She said: “The man (Samson) said the Pastor gave his son a black concoction to drink, following which his son developed swollen head and eyes and died in pains.
“On the receipt of the report, detectives swung into action and arrested the said Pastor Jonathan Ojigbo. The suspect claimed that what he gave the deceased was a bottle of coke.”
Kalu listed the items recovered on searching the Pastor’s house to include some charms from his shrine behind the church.
The corpse of the deceased has been deposited in the hospital for autopsy while discreet investigation into the matter has commenced.
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