PASTOR-SHRINE SAGA: RESIDENTS OF OGUN COMMUNITY
EXPRESS MIXED REACTIONS
Residents of Ketu community in
Aiyetoro area of Ogun on Sunday expressed mixed feelings over the report that a
Pentecostal pastor , Wale Fagbere , was stricken after he allegedly invaded a
shrine in the area.
They spoke in separate interviews
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aiyetoro, Yewa North Council Area of
the state.
NAN reports that Fagbere on Sept. 20
allegedly got stricken in a shrine in Ketu community in Ayetoro area of Yewa
North Local Government of the state after destroying some structures in the
shrine.
Fagbere, who was reported to have
been stricken by some angry gods, allegedly regained consciousness after
custodians of the shrine carried out some rites on him.
When NAN visited the community on
Sunday, many of the traditional title holders declined comments, saying the
issue had been resolved.
Some of the residents of Ayetoro,
who spoke with NAN on condition of anonymity, said Fagbere was not telling the
truth as he was actually stricken.
One of them, a commercial
motorcyclist, who said he was at the scene when it happened, confirmed the
incident.
“The pastor got stuck in the shrine
and at a point the traditionalists were called in to set him free.
“ He was there from morning till
evening. At a point, his mother had to come to the scene to plead for him.
“If not for the king who waded into
the situation, things would have gone beyond human control, “he said.
But a female resident of the area,
who refused to mention her name, disagreed with people who believe the pastor
was stricken.
She said that the pastor was not
stricken but only obeying the divine instruction he claimed he had been given.
NAN also visited the palace of the
Alaye of Ayetoro, Oba Abdulazeez Adelakun, but one of the palace Chiefs, Kola
Onifade, said the monarch was unavailable for comment.
Onifade also said the monarch was
the only person that could speak on the matter. He, however, noted that there
was nothing more to say on the issue, saying it had been resolved.
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