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Pastor of a Celestial Church of Christ known as Superintendent Evangelist Whepetoji Babaniyeh, has been arrested.
The pastor’s arrest comes after the disappearance of a 28-year-old man identified as Ogunbode Quadri Adedamola.
Multiple Facebook posts gathered by First News on Sunday revealed that the cleric leads the Celestial Church of Christ, Ileri Oluwa Parish, Lagos State University (LASU) 2.
Ogunbode Quadri Adedamola was declared missing on January 16, 2025.
According to his girlfriend (Name Unknown), who claimed that on the same day of his disappearance, he told her that he was in front of the said Celestial Church of Christ and promised to call her back.
He obtained his degree from the Political Science Education Department of LASU in 2024 and was running his private business, Horlar Edu Consultancy, on the LASU campus before his disappearance.
In a separate post on Facebook, Gabriel noted that Quadri was last seen near the church and spoke to his girlfriend the same day.
“He was last seen around the church premises, and since then, we have yet to hear from him. The police have arrested the pastor over the incident and have stated that investigations are ongoing,” the source said.
“His girlfriend was speaking to him on the phone when it happened. He told her he was near the church when someone from inside called him. That was the last time anyone heard from him.”
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Another source claimed that when police visited the church based on the girlfriend’s account, the cleric denied seeing Quadri that day or knowing his whereabouts.
“As the investigation intensified, police obtained the victim’s bank statement and discovered that N1.5 million had been transferred from Quadri’s account to Babaniyeh’s account on the day he went missing.
“When this prophet was asked, it was alleged that this prophet said that it was thanksgiving money that Quadri gave to him,” she said.
She added that further investigations uncovered additional transfers from Quadri’s account to the pastor’s child.
“It was discovered that these people unlived (killed) Quadri, cut some parts of his body and buried the remaining inside the church compound. The police went into action and in the process, more was discovered,” she said.
“The shepherd’s son was involved in this issue.”
Some sources claimed that the Quadri had been killed and buried, but his remains were discovered within the church premises.
First News contacted the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, but he refused to pick up his phone calls.