A pastor, who was apprehended by irate mob and beaten to stupor for
alleged car theft, has been detained by the Abia State Police Command.
The pastor, Onyenweaku Chibunnam, who is the founder of a new
generation church identified as the Assembly of the Redeemed at Ohafia,
was said to be linked to a car robbery syndicate in the Amaekpu-Ohafia
area of the state.
He was nabbed and tied up by irate mob including a vigilante group who reportedly caught him in the act two days ago.
The self-acclaimed pastor, who confessed to the crime, was handed over to operatives of the state Police Command.
The prime suspect Maxwell , said they did not snatch the car, but stole it from where it was parked.
He explained that it was their sixth in the last few months, adding
that he usually sold the cars at 60,000 to one Maxwell who resides in
Port Harcourt.
The pastor said, “Maxwell contacted me sometime last year to buy my
car that I put up for sale, but he didn’t give me a good price for it,
so, I couldn’t sell it to him. But when I stole an old model Toyota
Camry last year, I called him to come and take the car I stole.
“We started having a misunderstanding when he requested the car’s
original papers and I couldn’t provide them. I later told him that I
stole the car.
“Maxwell became more interested in the business and gave me a master key with which I could steal Toyota Camry cars.
“I used the money from the crime to fund my 30-member church.
“I promise not to return to crime if I am set free by the police. It was the work of the devil,” he added.
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