Police detain Abuja pastor for appearing in church with AK-47
Pastor Uche Aigbe of the House on the Rock, Abuja, is currently in detention at the anti-crime unit of FCT Police Command. A police source told Daily Trust that the pastor arrived at the Guzape office of the police on Monday morning in company of the policeman whom he collected the rifle he mounted the […]
Pastor Uche Aigbe of the House on the Rock, Abuja, is currently in detention at the anti-crime unit of FCT Police Command.
A police source told Daily Trust that the pastor arrived at the Guzape office of the police on Monday morning in company of the policeman whom he collected the rifle he mounted the pulpit with.
The pastor caused a stir during Sunday Service when he mounted the pulpit with the rifle.
“Some people are looking for my trouble. And I came here prepared. Today, there are some pastors with the gift of divination who go about ripping people off. This is why we should carry our ‘guns’ and defend ourselves. I will particularly be coming very soon for some of you sleeping in the church,” he said as the church erupted in laughter.
Earlier, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, had said the pastor had a case to answer.
In a series of tweets, Adejobi said the AK-47a rifle fell under the prohibited firearms in Nigeria and that only certain law enforcement officers were allowed to carry it.
He said he had forwarded a complaint over the pastor’s action to the FCT Police Commissioner.
In a statement late Monday, Josephine Adeh, Police Public Relations Officer in FCT, confirmed the detention of the pastor.
“The Pastor whose message and demonstrations were tagged inciting by various media and social media users was arrested in the early hours of Monday 13th February 2023, along side the Church Chief Security Officer and one Inspector Musa Audu, who was on duty on the said day and had unprofessionally released his rifle to the said pastor without permission or recourse to police authority,” the PPRO said.
She added that investigation had commenced.