Share
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday sentenced a Pastor, John Abiodun to two years imprisonment over false allegation and telling lies against the founder of a church.
Abiodun who was arrested in 2019 and dragged before the court for lying against the founder of the Promiseland Prophetic Ministry, Akure, Pastor Gbenga Akinbiyi, claiming that seven placentas were planted on the church’s altar.
The founder of the church, located around Shasha Area of Akure, Pastor Akinbiyi, however, dragged Abiodun, a former member of the church, to the court, saying the convict swore an affidavit before the Commissioner for Oaths, on the matter.
Daily Post Nigeria
Published
The victim died at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
With the death of the victim, who was said to have sustained severe burns, the death toll has now risen from three to four, DAILY POST can report.
A statement by the FMC Abeokuta spokesman, Segun Orisajo, confirmed that the 42-year-old deceased man presented with 96% flame burn injury.
On admission, Orisajo explained that the deceased and two others were placed on intravenous fluid resuscitation in accordance with the established protocols for the management of burns.
However, he stated that the patient, who was scheduled for dialysis due to his difficulty in passing urine, died in the early hours of Thursday before dialysis could be carried out on him.