Acclaimed Pastor Allegedly goes berserk and harasses his tenant and residents of Siun Town in Obafemi—Owode, Ogun State.
An acclaimed pastor, Prophet Godwin Ojerinde a resident of Siun Town in Obafemi—Owode Local Government area of Ogun State has gone berserk, he allegedly harrased his tenant identified as Tunrayo Saheed 36 years-old because he doesn’t want to see her apprentices in the shop he let out to the woman.
He harrased one Mrs Faronbi Oluwafunmilayo, another resident of Siun Town, over a land dispute.
According to Saheed Tunrayo, while speaking with newsmen said on Tuesday 19th of March at around 8am in the morning the pastor Prophet Godwin Ojerinde came to the shop which he let out to her, upon sighting Tunrayo’s apprentice, he went berserk, beat Tunrayo and tear her clothes.
The incident got attention of the neighborhood, who interfered in the crisis, giving Tunrayo a bed sheet to cover her body before forcefully dragging Prophet Godwin Ojerinde from the room to stop him from beating Tunrayo.
The matter was later reported at Nigeria Police Force, Obafemi—Owode Division and after so many interrogation, Prophet Godwin Ojerinde was charged to court on the 20th of March for first hearing while the case was adjourned till 8th of May, 2024, after he was granted bail by the Chief Magistrate which he perfected and left the Magistrate Court, Room Number 1, in Isabo Abeokuta.
Prophet Godwin Ojerinde, according to residents who pleaded on anonymity, said he has over 21 dogs, which he uses to harras his neighbors living in Siun along Ajura Road in Obafemi—Owode Local Government.
Also, one Mrs Faronbi Oluwafunmilayo alleged Prophet Godwin Ojerinde of beating him on the 20th of January, 2024 over land dispute but she told the police she doesn’t want to charge him to court because she is a woman prophet.
Pastor Adetola Clement, a physically challenged man also speak with our reporter that Prophet Godwin Ojerinde harrased him over the delivery trucks which cut the service wire servicing his house after delivering sharp sand to Pastor Ojerinde at night.
“I called Prophet Godwin Ojerinde on the phone that the truck that brought sharp sand to him had accidentally cut the wire and destroyed more than two poles.”
“He sent the officers from the Police Divisional Office, Owode Egba to come and arrest me same day but after explaining what transpired to the police, they left the scene, Prophet Godwin Ojerinde also sent a chief from the community in Siun to me after he had lied to them andas the chief was leaving my house, men of the police from Alagbon in Lagos came to arrest me in my home, I spent three days inside the cell before my family secured my bail on Monday with my lawyer… After leaving Alagbon, Prophet Godwin Ojerinde also threatened me that Kirikiri is loading for me..” Pastor Adetola Clement said.
In other to balance our story, Our correspondent put a call through to Prophet Godwin Ojerinde to hear his side of the story but all efforts to talk to him proof abortive until we called him on WhatsApp line, he picked up the call but refused to give account of his side of the story, instead, he threatened our reporter who called him over the phone.
