Family Of Slain Pastor To Police: Unravel those behind our breadwinner’s death

Barely two months after a Pastor in charge of Celestial Church of Christ, Grace of Comfort Parish, Omitoto, Osun State, Morris Fadehan, was murdered inside the church, the family of the slain cleric have cried out for justice.

The family of the deceased called on the Inspection General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun to wade into the matter, saying there was the need for the case to be thoroughly investigated and ensure that no sinner go unpunished.

Recall that the ugly incident happened on February 26, 2024 and one of the deceased’s assistants, Lekan Ogundipe, was said to have confessed to the killing.

Ogundipe, after allegedly committing the offense drew the attention of the people to the presence of the partly burnt remains of the pastor inside the church before he was later apprehended by the police.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo, on behalf of the family, Fadehan Elizabeth Ayotomiwa and Agbeniga Comfort, yesterday said, though Lekan Ogundipe has confessed to the callous killing of their father, that there is need for the police to intensify investigation as more needed to done on the matter.

According to the duo, Ogundipe couldn’t have carried out the dastard act alone on that day without assistance from his co-haters of the deceased in the church.

“We are the relatives of M/S/E Morris Gbaju Fadehan, who was gruesomely murdered inside Celestial Church of Christ, Grace of Comfort Parish, Omitoto, Ilode in lleife on Monday, February 26, 2024.

“Though, Nigeria Police Force apprehended one Lekan Ogundipe who we were told confessed to the callous killing of our easy-going father, but we believe more needed to be done on it.

“We are of the opinion that if police could be determined to intensify their investigation on this broad day killing, more culprits will be arrested.

“There have been several misunderstanding between the deceased and Lekan, anytime this happened, he (Lekan) has many supporters in church that he always use against the deceased.

“We wish to let the general public know that since the inception of the case, some of us have been receiving several strange calls to drop the case.

“Threats from different angles are countless, saying that we want to fight the powerful and influential people in the society.

“If we allow evil people to flex muscle in our society because of those standing as their godfathers, the repercussions could be dangerous,” they said.