2 Suspects, Farouk Muhammed and Jamiu Kasali have revealed how and why they murdered a Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor, Babatunde Dada.
Both men are alleged to have killed the Pastor at the RCCG parish on 6th Avenue, Festac Town.
The suspects reportedly lied to the pastor that they were strangers in Lagos with nowhere to go.
Pastor Dada had compassion on them and gave them a room in the church. Sadly, he was murdered at 12 noon the next day.
AIG Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police revealed that Mohammed was tracked to Ilorin, Kwara State while Kasali was arrested in Festac Town, Lagos.
In an interview with Vanguard, Kasali said that, “On the day we struck, the Pastor came to Church in the morning, gave us money for food and left. Later, he came in with a bag containing money.
“Few hours before then, Farouk got a phone call from his mother, urging him to come home quickly that she was sick. We were contemplating on how he would get money to take his mother to the hospital when the Pastor walked in with the bag containing money.
“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.”
15-year-old Farouk also revealed that he told his parents he was coming to Lagos for a show.
According to him, “I lied to my mother that I would get at least N200,000 from the show. We are upcoming musicians. We have been in the industry for three years. When things were not going as planned, we decided to do something else in order to invest in our music industry. My stage name is Zealight and Kasali’s is J Fresh.
“Our mission in Lagos was to look for where to perform. But that plan changed immediately we saw Pastor with the bag containing money.”
Odumosu said that the suspects will be charged to court.
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