Pastor Okpe |
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Omoarebokhae, husband of Yvonne Omoarebokhae, the woman who died last
week in a hotel room she lodged with Pastor Psalm Okpe, of Fresh Oil
Ministry, is alleging that some powerful Christian clergymen are
shielding the pastor whom he called ‘his wife’s killer’.He’s also insisting that the pastor hypnotized the wife after giving her an overdose of a certain substance.
Omoarebokhae said the police told him that the result of an autopsy
carried out on his late wife would be out in 30 days. But recent reports
revealed that an autopsy had already been conducted and the cause of
death was ruled as cardiac arrest.
Speaking to journalists on
Monday in Benin, the husband pointed out that the CCTV footage obtained
from the hotel showed that Apostle Psalm Okpe and his late wife, Yvonne,
slept in the same room.
He said: “the pastor has written three
different statements at the police station. He said my wife and himself
went different ways after the programme in Sapele. The CCTV footage at
the hotel, however, showed that when they came back from the programme,
my wife was just following him like a dog, someone without sense.
“The
next morning, Apostle Psalm came out of the room, stood by the door
like somebody thinking of what to do before going out with a taxi. By
the time he came back, he went to the reception to demand for his key
hoping that my wife would have left to go and die in my house.
“They
told him that the key was not with them and that his key was with him.
They called the porter who brought a spare key and forced the door open.
Immediately the porter opened the door, he left and the pastor entered.
He spent another one hour and 18 minutes with a lifeless body inside
the room.
“I have seen my wife’s body. They is no physical mark
on her. From what I observed, she was given an overdose of substances
that her system could not take. The police told me they met my wife
fully dressed like somebody about to go out.
“The doctor told me that they have sent the specimen to Lagos for the
result and I am now reading about reports claiming that she died of
cardiac arrest.”
An insider hinted that the quick autopsy which
was carried out on the deceased showed that she had a cardiac arrest in
the middle of the night, which eventually led to her death.
According to him, “The autopsy result shows the late Mrs. Omoarebokhae
died as a result of cardiac arrest. She was neither poisoned nor stabbed
as widely reported because there was no stain of blood on her body.”
Pastor Okpe has since been released from detention.
Pastor Okpe with Eucharia Anunobi during her ordination |