RCCG Pastor Stabbed To Death By New Coverts In Lagos

In Lagos State's Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area, a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was stabbed to death by new coverts.

On Thursday, December 2, Pastor Babatunde Dada was assassinated inside the RCCG Chapel of Resurrection on 13 Road, 6th Avenue, FESTAC Town. 

The Pastor was allegedly assassinated by two new converts who had attended the church for the first time the Sunday before the tragedy and had also come out during an altar call to'surrender their lives to Jesus.'

The stranded converts were apparently accommodated on the church grounds, and they had only been there for a week before murdering Dada to death.

"My husband was killed on December 2 at the church. He was the admin/accounts officer, as well as the parish pastor. 

"I was not with him when he was killed, but I was told that they collected money from him. I heard that those who killed him were new converts", Wife of the pastor, Bose said.

Mr Abolarinwa Olatunbosun, a family member who is also a security specialist, said that the pastor was assassinated after withdrawing money from a bank.

"The pastor went to a bank to withdraw some money and went to rest on the first floor of the church. Two persons said to be new converts went to meet him upstairs, broke his head and killed him.

"The matter was reported to the police and one of the suspects, who ran to Ilorin, has been arrested."

According to a friend of the dead preacher, Fred Enemigin, the founder of Highflyers International in Lagos, the pastor was stabbed multiple times.

"Two boys had come to church last Sunday and they responded to the altar call by giving their lives to Christ. 

"After church service, they waited to see the head pastor and told him that they were stranded without any place to stay.

"On compassionate grounds, the pastor allowed them to stay somewhere within the church premises pending when they would be resettled. 

"Pastor Tunde Dada, who had for almost a decade been the accountant of RCCG Chapel of Resurrection Parish, was assigned to provide needed welfare for the boys until their matter would be sorted.

"On the fateful Thursday, Tunde was sat in his office when the lads entered his office and attacked him with knives and other sharp instruments, claiming they were alone on the church premises with him. 

"He was stabbed several times and in various locations till he was dead on the spot.

"Considering the fact that the Tunde we knew was a really loving spirit, our brains are still seeking for what caused the gap between the boys and Tunde." 

"Could they have asked for more assistance than was granted for them, but Tunde turned them down? 

"What could possibly justify the assassination of people who had benefited from the church's generosity? There are a slew of other problems for which we have yet to find answers."