The suspects, Farouk Mohammed and Jamiu Kasali
Two suspects, Farouk Mohammed and Jamiu Kasali, fingered within the killing of Pastor Babatunde Dada of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG on sixth Avenue, Festac City have been arrested by the Lagos state police command.
The suspects, who claimed to be upcoming musicians, stabbed the 46-year-old pastor to dying on December 2, 2021, and fled along with his bag containing some cash.
The deceased, Pastor Babatunde Dada
It was gathered that the suspects had approached the unsuspecting pastor on the pretext of being strangers in Lagos who had no place to remain.
The deceased lodged them in a room within the church which additionally served as his residence solely to be attacked at about 12 midday the subsequent day and deserted within the pool of his blood to die.
It was additional gathered that the suspects attended church service the Sunday earlier than the incident, and in addition got here out throughout an altar name to 'give up their lives to Jesus'
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, AIG Hakeem Odumosu, who confirmed the arrest, disclosed that Mohammed was tracked to Ilorin, Kwara State, whereas his accomplice in crime, Kasali, was apprehended in Festac City, Lagos.
In an interview revealed by Vanguard, Kasali, mentioned, " On the day we struck, the Pastor got here to Church in morning, gave us cash for meals and left. Later, he got here in with a bag containing cash,"
"Few hours earlier than then, Farouk received a phone name from his mom, urging him to return house rapidly that she was sick. We have been considering on how he would get cash to take his mom to the hospital when the Pastor walked in with the bag containing cash.
"We followed him upstairs, hit him with a plank, before stabbing him with a broken bottle in the neck. He fell down. We grabbed the bag and left the house ".
On his part, Mohammed, 15, said he lied to his parents that he was coming to Lagos for a show, being an incoming Musician.
"I lied to my mom that I'd get not less than, N200,000 from the present. We're upcoming musicians. We've got been within the business for 3 years. When issues weren't happening as deliberate, we determined to do one thing else , in an effort to spend money on our music business. My stage title is Zealight whereas Kasali's J Recent," he mentioned.
"Our mission in Lagos was to look for where to perform. But that plan changed immediately we saw Pastor with the bag containing money." he added.
In the meantime, Odumosu mentioned the displays used to commit the act have been recovered, including that the suspects could be charged to courtroom.
