pastor caught while trying to bury 2-year-old girl in lagos!

A pastor of a new generation Pentecostal church located in the Egbeda area of Lagos State is reportedly trying to talk his way out of the allegation that he murdered a two-year-old girl.

Front gate of the church

It was gathered that Police detectives alleged the man of God was attempting to bury the remains of the yet-to-be-identified child when police operatives from Idimu Police Station swooped on him.

The Church, known as Christ Gospel Apostolic Church, is located at 32/34 Karimu Ilaka Street in Egbeda area of Lagos State.

The pastor, identified as Dare Adewole, was reportedly initially detained at Idimu Police Station but had since been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigative Department of the Lagos State Police Command in Panti, Yaba.

According to Police source, the suspect was arrested after a tip-off by neighbors of the pastor, who had reportedly been monitoring him when they noticed his movements.

Some his neighbors said they had always been suspicious of the pastor.
One of them said: “People had always doubted his sincerity of being a man of God due to the way he behaves.”

Lagos Police Commissioner: Umar Manko

Roving informant gathered that the acting image maker in charge of the state Police Command, Damasus Ozoani, confirmed the incident.

Ozoani added: “It is true the police have made arrests but I cannot tell you the number of arrests.
“The case is beyond what the division can handle.
“It has been transferred to the State CID, Panti.”

Ozoani further stated that the Police is yet to identify the two-year-old girl.