From Ifeoma Ejiofor
Police operatives in Anambra State have arrested a church owner in the state after a man brought for deliverance picked up cutlass and gave another worshiper a fatal cut.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Tochukwu Ikenga (DSP) revealed this in a statement made available to journalists.
Ikenga said that the owner of the church located at Obosi, Idemili North LGA of Anambra State was arrested on Sunday while the victim has been taken to a hospital.
The PPRO said that the victim is responding to treatment in an undisclosed hospital.
Ikenga said further, “Preliminary information reveals that the man of God claimed he could heal the madman and started praying. As the prayers were ongoing, the insane man during a struggle with the pastor and other members/witnesses, the madman picked up a cutlass from the altar and wounded one of the members.
“Furthermore, the suspected unsound mind has been taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation and medication, and his relatives are under interrogation in safe custody.”