Two Pastors Arrested For Allegedly Killing Their Brother-In-Law In Ogun

Two Pastors Arrested For Allegedly Killing Their Brother-In-Law In Ogun

The Ogun state police command have arrested two self acclaimed
pastors, Chukwuka Stephen and Ejim Stephen, for allegedly killing their
brother-in-law, Peter Chukwuyem, on the 5th of February 2019.

A statement by the state police command spokesperson, Abimbola
Oyeyemi, says the victim who married the elder sister of the two
suspects brought them from their village in Delta State to Papa Ibafo in
Ogun State where the two of them lived with the couple for sometime. 

During this period, the self-acclaimed pastors used the frontage of
the home of the deceased to carry out their church activities. However,
when their activities became unbearable as they caused noise pollution
in the area, the deceased asked them to stop. This did not go down well
down well with the men. And they held a grudge.

The statement added that on February 5th, the brothers trailed their
in-law to his farm where they hacked him to death with a matchete. When
the deceased didn’t return home on time on the said day, his wife became
worried and traced him to the farm where she found his body.

She subsequently went to Ibafo police station where she lodged a complaint. 

The two brothers were later arrested by the police at Ibafo on
account of the two daughters of the deceased who informed the police
that they saw the two of them earlier in their father’s farm. 

When interrogated, the pastors confessed to killing the deceased in
his farm because he deprived them of continuing using his frontage for
their church activities.

The police say they will be charged to court soon.