A man arrested for allegedly attacking a pastor in church after a fake prophecy.
Lagos State (Nigeria) Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, known as Akpannu, for allegedly attacking a pastor with a machete and allegedly giving him a fake prophecy.
It was gathered that the accused stabbed the pastor of one of the new-generation churches, identified as Prophet Anayochukwu, in May 2023.
The incident happened at the church’s headquarters during church service.
According to man that, during a prayer session, the pastor told him that he was about to lose his sister except when certain prayers were conducted.
He further said a pastor had earlier told him that for him to be successful in business, he must perform certain spiritual cleansings, which required him to buy coconut and dry gin with which to pray.
Angered by the earlier prophecy, which the accused claimed did not work, he attacked the second pastor with a cutlass inside the church premises.
The matter was reported to the police, who trailed the accused to his hideout, where he was arrested.
During interrogation at the station, the accused alleged that both pastors instilled fear in him by giving him false prophecies that his only sister would die by January 2023.
