How Pastor allegedly kill-ed son of landlady who accommodated him for free | Read Details
Police operatives from the Ejigbo Division in Lagos have arrested a cleric, Pastor Anthony Israel of the Jesus Disciples Assembly Church, for allegedly kil! ling the son of his landlady, AbdulRahman Olugbade, 17 and secretly burying him inside an uncompleted room.
The incident happened on Monday 2nd September, 2024, at Jesus Assembly Street, Omoguwa area of Ejigbo, where he was given an apartment for free by the mother of the deceased, Mrs. Temitope Olugbade.
The 35-year old Pastor Israel was alleged to have used a knife to sl!it the victim’s thr@oat while he was sleeping. He then went to their neighbour and borrowed a shovel and hammer which he used to dig a shallow grave inside a room and buried him.
However, the matter got exposed after the landlady’s dog continued barking giving signals to the shallow grave dug inside one of the rooms yet to be completed for rent.
Following the dog’s signals, the younger brother of the deceased suspected foul when he was unable to find the brother after some time. He then went to the spot, where the dog was barking and discovered that the place was tempered with. He raised an alarm which attracted the attention of their neighbours.
But by then, Pastor Israel had escaped. The suspect later came back the next day and was apprehended by their neighbours, who attempted to lynch him before the Police intervened and took him to the station, where he was detained over the alleged mû rder.
PM Express
