A pastor of The
Apostolic Church, Oke Afata, Gbongan in Osun State on Wednesday, hacked
another pastor, one Julius Olusoji Oguntoye, to death after accusing him
of stealing his glory.
Saturday Tribune gathered that the murder
took place at about 8.00 p.m. in front of the mission house of The
Apostolic Church, Okeola, Gbongan, which was the deceased’s official
residence.
Immediately the Divisional Police Officer of Gbongan Division
received the information, he reportedly led other detectives to the
scene where they recovered the cutlass used by Adepoju to inflict fatal
injuries on his fellow pastor, and he confessed to the crime.
Trouble started at about 6.40p.m. when Pastor Adepoju reportedly left
his residence with a cutlass and went to Oguntoye’s official residence,
and accused him of casting a spell on him, thereby ‘stealing his glory’
and those of his children.
He was also said to have alleged that the deceased rained curses on him, warning him to stop all those things.
Saturday Tribune further gathered that the murder suspect thereafter
engaged the late pastor in a fight during which he used a sharp cutlass
to inflict a deep cut on the chest and stomach of the deceased,
resulting in multiple injuries and instant death.
Confirming the
incident, the police spokesperson in Osun state Police Command, Folasade
Odoro, a Deputy Superintendent of Police said that the suspect had been
arrested and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department
(SCID), Osogbo, while the remains of the deceased had been deposited at
the General Hospital Mortuary, Ile-Ife for autopsy.
Source: Tribune