The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the Pastor-in-Charge of Christ Engracing Deliverance Ministry, Prophetess Folashade Kikiowo Adekola, over the death of a woman, Jumoke Adesuwa and her new baby.
It said a brother of the deceased reported the matter at the Oke-Aro Police Division.
Family sources said the deceased bled to death after delivering the baby inside the church after a five-day prayer session.
Late Adesuwa was said to have spent five days at the church for spiritual incarceration even though her husband gave her money to attend ante-natal care at a government hospital.
It was gathered that the baby died last Wednesday immediately after delivery inside the church while the mother died at a private hospital.
According to the source, “The husband of the deceased came from the farm in Idanre after five days away from home and asked for his wife. So, one of the neighours told him that she had left for church to be delivered of a baby.
“Someone from the church called in the evening to inform him that his wife has been delivered of a baby. The deceased’s husband called me and we rushed to the said church called ‘Muzuzo’ at Oke-Aro.
“When we got there, we were told that the baby died in the process, but the mother was alive. On sighting the deceased, we saw her in a pool of blood bleeding profusely. So, we rushed her to a nearby hospital.
“Due to the worst condition of the deceased, she was rejected at three hospitals and she died in the process of reviving her in the last hospital that admitted her“To our surprise, we got to the church to collect the baby’s remains and we found the corpse in a room in the church. The condition of the room was very worrisome as it does not look like a delivery room.
“We approached the Oke-Aro Police Station in Akure to report the case which led to the arrest of the prophetess in charge. The remains of the woman have been deposited at the mortuary.”
Ondo Police spokesman, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, who confirmed arrest of Prophetess Adekola and the deaths of the woman and the baby, said the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, (SCIID) for further investigation.
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