The head Pastor of Pastor the Christ Apostolic Church, Sanctuary of Blessing, in the Iju Ishaga area of Lagos State Pastor Ibukun Adeyinka has been stabbed to death by a gang of four who stormed the ministry few days ago.
Inside Sources learnt that the 56-year-old Clergy was rushed to a private hospital from where he was referred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, where he was pronounced dead.
The Pastor’s wife Mrs. Olasunbo Adeyinka said the hoodlums struck around 3am adding that they did not say anything throughout the period of the attack.
Narrating her ordeal Mrs. Adeyinka said, “We were asleep when they entered the church. They came to our house and we didn’t know anything was happening until we heard a sound like something was falling. There was a power outage, so we couldn’t see clearly. My husband was the first to wake up. They broke into the house through the front door.
“They didn’t say anything to us even as we asked what they wanted from us. I just heard my husband shouting, ‘In Jesus name’. I also re-echoed it, saying ‘Amen, in Jesus name.’ I never knew they had stabbed him in the chest.
They left by scaling the church’s fence. I saw that my husband had become weak. That was when I knew that they had stabbed him. There was a lot of blood in the room.”
Although is yet to be ascertained as the Church members, who spoke with Journalist said the deceased Pastor was never involved in a fight or business deal with anyone that could have warranted the killing
“Pastor was a peace-loving man. He always warned us against getting involved in business deals with people of questionable character. He would never fight anyone. Instead, if two people are in a disagreement and he had to mediate, he would prostrate for both parties and urge them to embrace peace for the sake of Christ.
In another account one Amah Eze, said the hoodlums were absconding after a robbery operation when they took the church as an escape route.
According to Eze, “He was always ringing a bell at 12 midnight for prayers. So humble that whenever he greeted a small girl like me, he always bowed down. Only for absconding thieves to run into his church while he was praying as usual, and cut him with a machete. That’s how he met his death; but God knows best.”
