Pastor Arrested After Mounting Pulpit With AK-47

Pastor Uche Aigbe of House on the Rock in Abuja is currently being held by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command for coming to church with a gun.

According to a source who spoke to Daily Trust, the pastor and the officer from whom he had obtained the weapon he used to mount the pulpit were brought to the Guzape office of the FCT police command’s anti-car theft unit on Monday morning.

The policeman who gave the pastor the gun was identified as Inspector Musa Audu.

“He and the police officer have been taken to his house for a search. They were handcuffed and taken away,” the police source said.

The pastor raised a commotion in the church when he climbed the pulpit with the firearm during Sunday Service.

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“Some people are looking for my trouble. And I came here prepared. Today, there are some pastors with the gift of divination who go about ripping people off. This is why we should carry our ‘guns’ and defend ourselves. I will particularly be coming very soon for some of you sleeping in the church,” he said as the church erupted in laughter.

The pastor had a case to answer, according to Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi.

Adejobi said in a series of tweets that only specific law enforcement officers are permitted to carry the AK-47 rifle because it is one of Nigeria’s illegal weapons.

He claimed to have submitted the pastor’s misconduct to the FCT Police Commissioner for action.

“But if it’s true, the pastor will have a case to answer. AK47??. It falls under prohibited Firearms in Nigeria, and no one bears it except an officer of the law, and not all of them have the right, selected sec operatives, but no individual has the right to bear it.

“The FCT police command will investigate it, I trust the new CP FCT, CP Sadiq, it’s shocking,” he wrote.

When contacted for comments on the pastor’s detention, FCT Police Public Relations Officer Josephine Adeh simply responded, “We are on it.”

When pressed for more information, the PPRO replied that a statement would be released shortly.