A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC Town, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State has been stabbed.
Babatunde Dada was allegedly stabbed inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th Avenue, FESTAC Town on December 2 by two new converts.
The converts, who visited the church for the first time on November 28, were accommodated on its premises after they claimed to be stranded.
“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 deceased’s wife Bose Dada told PUNCH.
Wondering what could be the reason for the act, a friend of the slain pastor Fred Enemigin, who is the founder, Highflyers International, Lagos, said in a Facebook post, “Could they have asked for more welfare than what was approved for them and Tunde declined? What on earth would warrant this brutal killing by those who were recipients of a server of the church’s benevolence? There are many more questions that we have not found answers to.”
A member of the family Abolarinwa Olatunbosun told the newspaper on Wednesday that the pastor was killed after withdrawing money from a bank.
“The matter was reported to the police and one of the suspects, who ran to Ilorin, has been arrested,” he said.
A senior pastor in the church Akin Odejare declined comment on the incident.
Lagos police spokesman Adekunle Ajisebutu said he had not been briefed on the case as of press time.
