Pastor Anthony Obo of God’s Commandment Ministry was
defiant, yesterday, when he was paraded by the Police, claiming that the
‘occult items’ found in his church were drama costumes, while the blood
found in a red bucket in his church was that of a goat and a chicken he
killed to celebrate his baby’s dedication.
The
pastor, who was paraded along with five other accomplices, told
Vanguard that he did not abduct the one-year, six-month-old girl whose
heart was reportedly found in a white basin in his church. .
He
said: “The red chairs covered in white sheet and the black bag and
other occult items were used by the youth of my church for art and drama
presentation, while the blood in the red bucket is that of the goat and
chicken I killed to celebrate the dedication of my child who was one
year last week.” .
The spokesperson of
Cross River Police Command, Ms Irene Ugbo, however, said the pastor and
his accomplices were arrested following a confessional statement by one
of the suspects that they were sent by the pastor to abduct and kill a
baby, whose heart was put in a basin and handed over to him. .
She
said: “The heart has been sent to the University of Calabar for
forensic examination, while we are investigating where the body of the
baby was dumped or buried.” .
She
added that investigations into pictures of those found in the church are
being carried out to identify the reason the pictures were found there.
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