Pandemonium rocked the oil city of
Warri in Delta State yesterday as a man described as pastor to the Minister of
Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe was shot dead by gunmen on Tuesday
night. Sources said the cleric, identified as Bishop Slyvanus Keneri Kenikede
was gunned down at about 11.30pm along Ughelli Agbarho Road.
Daily Sun, however, gathered that
the cleric, a close confidant of Elder Orubebe battled with life at a nearby
hospital throughout Tuesday night but gave up the ghost in the early hours of
Wednesday. The deceased, who is the founder and General Overseer of Voice of
Faith Ministry, located in the Sokoh Estate area of Effurun was returning from
one of the displaced persons’ camps after donating relief materials when he met
his death. State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba confirmed the
report.
Aduba, who spoke through the Police
Public Relations’s Officer, DSP Charles Muoka, said efforts had been stepped up
to apprehend the fleeing suspects who carried out the dastardly act. When Daily
Sun visited the church founded by the deceased, scores of the members who
thronged the place wept profusely. A young man, who managed to speak on the sad
event, described as unbelievable that the cleric was dead. “We are yet to
believe that our amiable daddy (Bishop) is no more.
The people that killed him will not
escape the judgment of God and will definitely burn in hell,”he said. A close
friend of the deceased, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, described the incident as
unfortunate and unpardonable. “Killing a man of God is a grievous sin to be
committed by the perpetrators. It is definitely a curse and heavy punishment
from God Almighty,” said Fufeyin, who is the general overseer of Christ
Mercyland Ministry based in Effurun, near Warri.
Fufeyin, who was on his way to
Christian pilgrimage in the Holy Land, however, urged the family to take heart
and look unto God our saviour and redeemer. Effort to reach the minister,
Orubebe proved abortive but a family member who could not control her emotion, described
the deceased as a humble and God fearing man, who participated fully in a
prayer meeting held last two Saturdays at Orubebe’s church located at his home
town,
Ogbogbabene in Burutu Local
Government Area of Delta State. Meanwhile, the remains of the deceased has been
deposited at the Warri Central Hospital morgue. No fewer than six pastor’s have
been killed in similar way while few others committed suicide.
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