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Police arrest pastor who allegedly chained nine-year-old son

Pastor of Celestial Church of Christ, Key of Joy Parish, Ajibawo, Atan-Ota Town‎ of Ogun State, Francis Taiwo, who allegedly chained his nine-year-old son for weeks, has been arrested.
The suspect, Pastor Taiwo

The suspect, Pastor Taiwo

Pastor of Celestial Church of Christ, Key of Joy Parish, Ajibawo, Atan-Ota Town‎ of Ogun State, Francis Taiwo, who allegedly chained his nine-year-old son for weeks, has been arrested.

The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the arrest yesterday, said the suspect was arrested with the assistance of his church members.

The suspect had been on the run since police and officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), rescued the victim, Korede Taiwo on Friday.The victim’s stepmother, he said, had earlier been arrested by the police. He announced that the malnourished boy would be handed over to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare for further rehabilitation.

Adejobi also said the boy’s stepmother, Kehinde Taiwo, was already in police custody, adding that Taiwo would be charged to court as soon as investigations were completed.

It would be recalled that the police working with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, had on Friday rescued the victim, Korede Taiwo, from an apartment in the church where he was chained. The authorities said they acted on a tip-off.Korede’s neck was chained to a heavy log of wood in a room for “more than a month” for allegedly stealing.

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    may looking at the above picture, I find it difficulty that people believe that such an object can be a pastor with followers. it seems more likely a Satan that a pastor. Appearance matters!!!.

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    NIGERIA WE HAIL THEE!!!
    Nigerians are backward people and her President is a moron. Nigerians have been mentally cheated by mother nature hence their demeanor. Prayers, prayers more prayers. Praying for what? A country where people depend on prayers is a backward nation. All these fraudulent pastors in Nigeria have been praying all these days, but Nigeria remains in this retardation. My guess is either God does not exist or has turned deaf ears to Nigerian prayers. A country which depends on prayer as tools to solve her problems where determination, strategies, calculation, infra-structural development and so on are required is a failed nation. Nigerians brains have been corroded by corruption the reason why nothing will ever work. Not even the military setup supposed to protect the nation against terrorism, Niger Delta Scavenger´s bombings, Bokoharam, Cattle rustling kidnappings and so on will ever work. You see, God feeds on Satan and when Satan vanishes, God will die of hunger.