Pastor of Cherubim and Seraphim Church of Zion at Igando area of
Lagos and a mother of seven have been arrested for allegedly keeping
guns and preparing food for militants. However, the pastor, who
identified himself as Governor Peretun, denied the allegation. According
to the police, Peretun used to keep guns for militants.
These
militants were part of those who, two months ago, repeatedly invaded
Ewedogbon community in Igando area of the state and wreaked havoc on
residents. The police said: “The pastor was aiding
the militants in
pipeline vandalism.
Even the boats, which were used in the Agbara
bank robbery operation where a policeman was shot dead, were kept in
his custody.” The police said that Peretun was arrested along with a
47-year-old mother of seven, Ebimobe JoJo.
Police said that Jojo
was the one cooking for the militants in the Igando creek area. Peretun
said that he was once a fisherman but abandoned that trade after the
Holy Spirit ‘directed’ him to move into the creek and establish a church
there.
The suspect said he was about to board a bus at Iba Bus
Stop, heading to Ondo State, when police detectives arrested him. He
said: “After I built my church, I opened up the waterways to allow
people to start paddling their boats through the routes.
After a
while, I started buying fuel from the militants. I used to buy 50 litres
for N1,000. I would then resell for N1,500, which was how we became
friends. “They used to visit me and I also usually visit them in the
creek.
There was a time operatives of Department of State
Services (DSS) stormed the creek. I was arrested. After explaining
myself to them, I was set free. The DSS men, however, warned me to stop
buying from the militants. But I didn’t.”
Stating her own side of the story, JoJo said she used to buy fuel from the militants in the creek.
She
added: “I don’t cook food for them, but I used to go with food for
them, so that they would sell fuel to me on credit. Anytime I go to buy
fuel from the militants, I don’t leave early, to avoid being arrested.
When they saw that I used to come with food, they told me to be
preparing food for them.
They said they couldn’t come out of the creek.
“Whenever
I go to buy fuel from them, the leader of the militants called TK and
his boys are always armed with AK47. They also dressed in military
uniform; initially I thought they were soldiers.”
The police said
that Peretun’s face was captured while he was hiding the militants’
guns. The police added that Jojo’s face was also captured while she was
taking food to the militants in the creek. The police said their faces
were captured by drone deployed into the coastal area after the
militants invaded the community.
New Telegraph had reported that
the militants on July 24 invaded Ewedogbon and unleashed terror on the
residents. The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) was shot in the back,
while the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO), sustained gunshot injury while
being chased by militants.
Source: Newtelegrapghonline
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