A pastor, Wale Fagbere, was rendered unconscious and speechless at the
weekend after invading a community shrine at Ketu – Ayetoro in Yewa
North Local Government Area of Ogun in a bid to pull it down.He was
believed to have been trapped at the shrine by forces suspected to be
spirits.
Fagbare was said to have boasted before his members he would flatten the
shrine where the community traditionalists congregate to worship, the
Nation reports.But he was said to have been rendered motionless until
people spotted him.
It was gathered those who sighted him in his agony, unable to lift his
feet, raised the alarm, which drew attention of priests in charge of the
shrine.It was learnt the priests demanded some rituals must be carried
out before the trapped pastor could be set him free.
He was, however, said to have regained consciousness after treatment
following intervention of the Alaye of Ayetoro, Oba Abdulaziz Adelakun.
Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the
incident.He hinted the cleric may be charged with “sacrilege and
malicious damage.”
