pastor arrested for an attempt to bomb his church headquarters

The police in Edo state yesterday 21 march arrested mr Abel Eku a pastor who attempted to bomb the headquarters of the Christ Chosen Church of God in Edo state following his dismissal from the church.

The Pastor who was arrested after the bomb was detected and detonated by security operatives of the Edo State Police command, confessed to committing the crime. He further disclosed that he manufactured and planted the bombs, as a way of revenging his bitter dismissal from the church over marital issues.
The 57-year-old Pastor further told newsmen, that he had a rethink and called the church’s officials telling them about the location of the bomb, which he alleged wasn’t meant to kill but to scare his church members and elders.
On how he was made a pastor in the church, Pastor Abel said his parents offered him to the church as a first fruit because of inability to have children. “I was given to the church as a first issue.
My parents were married for many years without any issue, so they vowed at the alter that any first child God gave to them would be given to the church. That was how they gave me to the church” he said.