They were supposed to propagate the gospel of God’s kingdom. Depopulate hell and restore battered destiny but the reverse was the case.
Residents Kogi, the Confluence State were recently thrown into confusion as the State Police Command paraded seven persons for allegedly posing as bishop, pastors and prophets during a revival programme in Lokoja, capital of Kogi State.
The ‘Men of God’ who were paraded include Bishop Bamidele Abraham of Eagle Kingdom Church, Lokoja and Pastors Chucks Ingalis Kelvin, Chinedu Okosisi, Samson Prince, Osita Chuckwu, Samuel Ike and Nnenanaya Anthony Ikechukwu who were said to have come from Port Harcourt, Rivers State into the state.
Mr. Muhammed Kastina, the Kogi State Commissioner of Police who paraded the suspects said they were arrested while conducting ‘deliverance’ for people at a revival programme organised by one of them in Lokoja.
According to Muhammed, Bishop Bamidele who is the pastor-in-charge of Eagle Kingdom Church, Lokoja was said to have contacted Pastor Chuks from Port Har-court to help raise money for his book launch.
Insiders alleged that Chucks, who has been in the business for years came into the town with his partners-in-crime, some of who acted like mermaid; deaf and dumb persons while others claimed to have been afflicted with other sicknesses during the revival to sway the sympathy of those in attendance.
An angry member of the congregation who was not convinced by their ‘miracles’ reported them to the police which moved in pronto and nabbed them.
One of the suspects, Pastor Chuks, however defended his action saying, “This is not robbery, its pure professionalism. Every profession has its own way of surviving. The police have their own way, the lawyers have their own way; even you journalists have your own way; what I did is pure business and survival instinct.’’
Also, Pastor Osita Chukwu who posed as mermaid said she was promised N16, 000 while leaving Port Harcout to Lokoja but they only got N1, 000 pending the conclusion of the botched revival programme.
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