By Ibrahim Salaudeen, Lagos
The founding Pastor of House on the Rock, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, has turned himself in to the police in Lagos over a viral video of him allegedly holding a gun-like object while driving an unregistered grey colour vehicle in the Centre of Excellence.
It was learnt that Pastor Adefarasin submitted himself earlier today, June 17, to men of the Lagos State Police Command who have begun investigation into the viral video of him holding an object that elicited both shock and suspicion from a pedestrian.
The spokesperson of the command, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed this development, said the cleric turned himself in and is currently being interrogated by detectives following the video that surfaced online showing the pastor holding a gun-like object against another road user, while driving in an unregistered vehicle.
Hundeyin said that the outcome of the investigation will be made public.
The Daily Crucible reports that in a related development, the Presiding Pastor of the House on the Rock in Abuja, Uche Aigbe, had issues with the police which led to illegal firearms charges slammed against him in 2023.
Aigbe had, during a Sunday church service in February 2023, innocuously stormed the pulpit with an AK-47 rifle to illustrate his sermon titled “Guarding your faith.”
But the police took exception to it and accused him of being in possession of a prohibited firearm.
The police claimed that he acted contrary to Section 3 of the Firearms Act Cap F28 Law of the Federation.
It is yet to be ascertained if the matter had been resolved.