Police arrest prophet for faking church members’ kidnap in Ondo

Police arrest prophet for faking church members’ kidnap in Ondo

A 48-year-old prophet, Godwin Ayenuberun, has been arrested by Ondo State Police Command for faking the kidnap of two of his church members, receiving N150, 000 as charges for spiritual protection. The State Commissioner for Police, Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju, disclosed this in Akure when parading the suspect and his acolyte, Ibukun Adetigha, alongside other suspects for various offences. Adeyanju recounted that the victim, Segun Omosaye from Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state, was previously kidnapped by unknown gunmen on November 30, 2017 but regained his freedom a month after. He said Omosaye received a text message on September 26, 2018 from his abductors, who admitted the previous abduction, informing him that they would come back to kidnap him again and kill him. According to him, the Prophet, who is also the Founder of Gethsemane Cherubim Church in Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje LGA, had claimed he saw a vision that the victim would be ab…