Lagos pastor chains son, 27 others (picture)

A 70 yr old ‘pastor’, Emmanuel Adeyemi, has been arrested with the aid of the police in Lagos for allegedly chaining his son and 27 others.
The Nation Newspaper studies that Adeyemi was once arrested alongside his first wife, at his Oyinbo unity property, Olamidun shut, Yakoyo, Oke-Ira, Ojodu dwelling, after he was once accused of placing his son, Toba Adedoyin Adeyemi, 17, in chains and starving him of food.

13 kids and 15 adults were rescued from the premises with an inscription, “Mimo Mimo Mimo Safulaijah”, founded in a valley on the property.

But when The Nation visited the church, one of the crucial pastor’s customer was once seen weeping over his arrest.
Two guys and an aged woman who sat on a bench claimed that the suspect has been remedy persons of various ailments including intellectual disease, diabetes, stroke and non secular assaults.
The lady, Mosili Nosiru, who wept profusely, explained that her son, Mohammadu Tijani, used to be among these taken away by using safety forces.
She explained that the boy, who was once a university undergraduate, has been battling with mental ailment for eight years.
Mrs Nosiru mentioned:

     “It has been on and off when you consider that eight years. He has completed Quaranic university. When it stopped, he received admission but the problem began once more. So, we brought him to this situation and he used to be healed. However he relapsed and we brought him again.
    “He has been right here for over one year and he was getting better before government officers came and took them. They informed us they have taken our youngsters to Ikorodu. Now, i can’t see my son,” she sobbed.

One of the guys who claimed to have come from Ondo State to satisfy the suspect, disclosed that the ‘pastor’ has been cure him from ‘non secular arrows’.
The person who did not reveal his identify mentioned he knew the suspect about two months ago after he used to be attacked spiritually, adding that it was once the person who saved his life by means of taking the arrows away.

    “i have been coming right here for about two months. I knew him after any person presented me to his place. The person is a ‘general practitioner’. He heals individuals with herbs and sacrifices. He does now not do anything unhealthy. He's additionally very generous. Arrows have been sent into my physique but he helped me and eliminated them. If no longer for him, i might were useless. So many people, including big guys come here for religious work,” he claimed.

The suspect’s second wife, Tope Adeyemi, appealed to the government to liberate his husband, insisting that he only tied Toba on the grounds that he desired to supply him from a wandering spirit.
The expectant mom mentioned the suspect felt the spirits he cast off his clients have been affecting his son who often ran away from residence to an unknown locations for a number of months.

    “His father chained him on Thursday so that he can do three-day deliverance on him. The deliverance would were completed on Saturday but on Friday morning, policemen from subject G got here here and arrested my husband.
    “He chained Toba given that he is constantly running faraway from dwelling. The other time he ran to Shagamu and after someday, he used to be brought house. One week later, he ran to Ibadan and he was located after one month. The final one used to be to Powerline. He ran from house and went to Powerline. He stayed there for 2 weeks and was introduced dwelling.
    “His father became worried seeing that he was once an awfully tender boy. So, he chained him due to the fact he believed that it was a non secular assault and wanted to do three-day deliverance on his son. My husband will not be a crook. He does not do whatever bad. He handiest heals humans and helps men and women. He has licence for the business. They must please free up him”, Mrs. Adeyemi mentioned.

Most of the rescued victims regarded malnourished with some of them severely sick.

    Confirming the incident, the command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent (SP) stated: “further search of the premises resulted in the discovery of other individuals chained with the aid of the suspect. Total number of 28 individuals, comprising, six adult males, nine adult girls, seven female children and 6 male children were rescued and brought to protecting custody.”“Suspect has been arrested and presently undergoing interrogation because the command is working assiduously to get the foundation of the occurrence.”