A pastor in one of the new generation
churches in Ozoro, Isoko North Local government Area of Delta State has been
arrested over the death one Evi Samson.
The pastor who
is also a Registrar in a Magistrate Court in the state was said to have
administered black concoction on the victim as an antidote for an ailment.
Father of the
deceased, Uwhemwu who reported the matter at the police station, said he took
his son to the pastor for prayer.
He added that
the suspect gave his son the black concoction to drink following which the
victim developed swollen head and eyes in the night of the same date and died
afterwards.
But the pastor
who is now cooling his heels in police custody denied responsibility for the
death, saying that what he gave to the boy was a bottle of coke.
Public
Relations Officer of the Delta State Police Command, DSP Celestina Kalu who
confirmed the incident yesterday and stated that the victim’s corpse has been
deposited in the hospital for autopsy.
DSP Kalu said
discreet investigation in the matter has already commenced, adding that some
charms from the suspect’s shrine behind the church were recovered when his
house was searched.
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