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| This is where the woman's throat was slashed. |
Residents of Agboku, a community in the Ado-Odo area of Ogun State were thrown into confusion on Thursday, 13th April, when news filtered out about the kidnap of a 70- year-old-woman, madam Aduke Karimu Sawo. The kidnappers were said to be money rituals. But what alarmed people of the area was when it became clear that they were sent by Pastor Rafiu Sawo, the biological son of the woman.
Born a Muslim 35 years ago, Rafiu Sawo is now a Christian and the founder of Celestial Church of Christ [Oke Itura Parish], Owode, Ogun state, which he shepherds. The old woman was reportedly kidnapped and taken away on a chartered motorcycle to a thick forest, near Ayede village where her throat was slashed with knife.
Taken for dead, she was then covered with raffia leaves and dumped by the bush path. Her assailants thereafter took leave of 'the corpse' to put a call across to Pastor Rafiu to come over and sever the head as required for the money ritual .Unknown to them, Madam Aduke was still alive and she escaped to safely before they came for her.
Recounting her ordeals and narrow escape, she told our reporter in a private clinic at Ado Odo, where she is still recuperating, that it was God that saved her. Telling her strange-but-true story, she said: "My name is Aduke, my husband's name is Sawo, now late. I am about seventy years old. I have five children, namely, Wahab, Silifat, Iyabode, Rashidat, and the one in question now is Rafiu.
“Since my husband passed on, I have been charged with the responsibility of sending them to school and looking after their welfare. I suffered untold hardships and did all kinds of odd jobs to take care of myself and the children before old age started catching up with me.”
Madam Aduke, who looked frail on the hospital stretcher stated further that, "sometimes I fetched water from the Ado-Odo streams to houses for a token in order to make ends meet. Also, I sold different herbs cut in the bush.
“My other children are contend with this simple life and they assist me in my old age. Rafiu, who is the fourth in the family has always been the black sheep among them all. Like the prodigal son, Rafiu ran away to Ajangbadi, in the outskirts of Lagos where he stayed for close to three years, in the company of some friends of questionable character. I warned him to avoid the company of all bad friends to no avail.”
As at the time of posting, Olufamous.com could not confirm if men of the Nigeria Police have succeeded in arresting Pastor Rafiu and his accomplices.
Source: Enigeria News
Recounting her ordeals and narrow escape, she told our reporter in a private clinic at Ado Odo, where she is still recuperating, that it was God that saved her. Telling her strange-but-true story, she said: "My name is Aduke, my husband's name is Sawo, now late. I am about seventy years old. I have five children, namely, Wahab, Silifat, Iyabode, Rashidat, and the one in question now is Rafiu.
“Since my husband passed on, I have been charged with the responsibility of sending them to school and looking after their welfare. I suffered untold hardships and did all kinds of odd jobs to take care of myself and the children before old age started catching up with me.”
Madam Aduke, who looked frail on the hospital stretcher stated further that, "sometimes I fetched water from the Ado-Odo streams to houses for a token in order to make ends meet. Also, I sold different herbs cut in the bush.
“My other children are contend with this simple life and they assist me in my old age. Rafiu, who is the fourth in the family has always been the black sheep among them all. Like the prodigal son, Rafiu ran away to Ajangbadi, in the outskirts of Lagos where he stayed for close to three years, in the company of some friends of questionable character. I warned him to avoid the company of all bad friends to no avail.”
As at the time of posting, Olufamous.com could not confirm if men of the Nigeria Police have succeeded in arresting Pastor Rafiu and his accomplices.
Source: Enigeria News
Abeg that one no be pastor. He is an impostor. BB
ReplyDeleteSuch a wicked soul claiming to be a pastor. He must be arrested and abandoned in prison. Mrs OJ
ReplyDeleteSuch a Pastor shd be arrested b4 he use anoda person for his evil ritual
ReplyDeleteWhat sort of child will want to use his own mother for ritual, pastor or no pastor. His mental state should be checked.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't he stood firm to Islam if he had really wished to be a true believer. He probably wanted a quick source, d life of this world and that may be his reason for conversion. A new convert to become a pastor d very first day, what a life! If he had serve Allah, this wouldn't have been d story of his ending. Isah Tatabu
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable... what was he thinking??
ReplyDeleteInteresting journalism. Nothing in this story even remotely links this so called Pastor to the crime. Can we please know how they found out he was involved...or is it because he has always been the black sheep in the family?
ReplyDeleteworld is cumin to an end,becos of money u destroy ur life,it is written u will know dem,dis cant b God call,he as to face d law,ted
ReplyDeleteDis will b a surprise 2 only unbelievers, he's not d firt. If a muslim shld proselytize, he's only after worldly things wich islam preach against. Wealth is 4rm Allah alone.
ReplyDeleteGod forgive Allah or not Allah is not d issue Imam can do more dan dat, but wot he comes 4rm his mind if any man of God, it may be Alfa or real Pastor called an let him realise dat wot he want 2 do wil bring problem 2 his life he would not believe it bcos he has put all his mind on it dat he wil be a rich man wen he do it.
ReplyDeleteOh God have mercy. What a pastor!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteHe is not a pastor, but a spiritualist or shaman. Pleasing next time don't address this kind of a person as a pastor, so that people of the world will not blaspheme God's name!
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