New Converts Stab RCCG Pastor To Death In Church

Two supposed new converts have left members of a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in sorrow after stabbing their pastor to death.

The tragedy happened at Festac, Amuwo Odofin parish of the church barely a week after the alleged culprits had given their lives to Christ

The victim, Pastor Babatunde Dada, was killed inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th Avenue, FESTAC Town, a Punch report says.

The killing, last Thursday, December 2, were perpetrated by two new converts who came to the church for the first time a Sunday before, and had surrendered their lives during the altar call.

The report shows that rather than go home after the service, that they had stayed back in the premises saying they were stranded.

Barely a week afterwards, they struck, stabbing the pastor to death.

The wife of the deceased pastor, Bose told a Punch correspondent by phone that earlier that day, her husband  had promised coming home to rest, following her call, only for the incident.

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“My husband was killed on December 2 at the church. He was the admin/accounts officer, as well as the parish pastor. I was not with him when he was killed, but I was told that they collected money from him. I heard that those who killed him were new converts.”

“The pastor went to a bank to withdraw some money and went to rest on the first floor of the church. Two persons said to be new converts went to meet him upstairs, broke his head and killed him”, a A family member, who is also a security expert, Mr Abolarinwa  Olatunbosun, said.

“The matter was reported to the police and one of the suspects, who ran to Ilorin, has been arrested.”

Olatunbosun said the killing might be for ritual purposes, adding that the assailants were suspected Internet fraudsters, aka Yahoo boys.

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He added that criminals were beginning to attack churches and pastors because they believed there was money in church.

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