A Pastor of a
Pentecostal Church fingered for alleged kidnapping shocked detectives, as he
was also arrested with bundle of Indian hemp. General overseer of Divine
Justice Church, Owerri, Imo State, Pastor Clement Ezeigbo, who is currently
cooling his heels in the police Anti Kidnap Unit of the state police command,
told the police: “I don’t know anything about kidnapping but I am the owner of
the Indian hemp (Igbo) but the good thing is that I don’t smoke it but I use it
to prepare my food. I enjoy eating food prepared with Indian hemp.”
“I don’t think there is anything wrong
when you use Indian hemp to prepare your food; it gives inspiration and it
makes one have sober reflection and that is why I recommend it to my Church
members. I use to preach to my members against smoking it but I encourage them
to cook their food with hemp. “Some of my members do prepare some delicacies
with it, which they serve me. I love Indian hemp because after eating Indian
hemp, it gives me inspiration, then when I mount the pulpit, you will notice
the efficacy of hemp.”
Explaining what brought him to the
police, he told CrimeWatch that “on the fateful day, I was in my Church, praying
when the police stormed the place, claiming they were looking for some
kidnappers, who used to hide their victims near my Church. I told them that I
was not aware of the hideouts of kidnappers. You see, it was while searching my
Church that they saw the Indian hemp. Well, I did not deny ownership of the
hemp, it belongs to me; I love it.”
When he was confronted by Crime- Watch
whether it was right for a man of God to indulge in using Indian hemp, he said:
“Let any man show me where it was written in the bible that thou should not
cook with Indian hemp.” The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Katsina,
told CrimeWatch that some kidnappers were living beside the Church. He said
some victims were rescued by the police, who stormed the scene. Katsina said
the pastor and other accomplices took to their heels on sighting the police.
He said the police were able to arrest
the pastor. According to him, when a search was conducted on the Church
premises, a bundle of Indian hemp was recovered. The CP added that the police
were on the trail of the runaway kidnappers, who escaped arrest.
Credits to Ngozi Uwujare
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