Police Hunt For Fleeing Pastor Over Alleged "Affair" With A Married Woman

The police in Edo State have launched a manhunt for the pastor of Miracle House of God Prophetic Ministry on Ituanyemwangbon Street, Prophet Great Emokpae, who allegedly had an amorous affair with the wife of one Anthony Ehikioya.

It also said it had commenced investigation to uncover the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Mr Ehikioya had accused Prophet Emokpae of having an affair with his wife, after he reportedly obtained an audio recording containing a conversation between them.

Angered by the development, he was said to have mobilised some youths to the church, located off Upper Uwa Street in Ikpoba-Okha area, on Sunday where property belonging to the church were destroyed and some charms allegedly discovered.

Several items, including chairs and musical instruments, were destroyed by the mob.

The state Police PRO, Moses Nkombe, told Southern City News that it received a complaint from the husband of the woman and had begun a search for the fleeing pastor.

Officer Nkombe said that the police would take an action against those who raided the church in a manner he described as jungle justice.

“The pastor is on the run. There is a manhunt for him,” he said.

A source said that Mr. Ehikioya had been suspicious of his wife, who was the woman leader of the church, as she had allegedly refused to perform her marital duty.

The source had said, “What happened was that the man had been noticing that his wife was no longing wanting to sleep with him. It was on that note that he told his children that their mother did not allow him to have s*xual inter-course with her.

“So, he programmed the woman’s phone. So when they went through all the recordings, they now discovered that the pastor was calling the woman and speaking of his previous s*xual encounter with her. It was on that note that they (mob) stormed the church.”

The prophet could not be reached either through his father or two telephone numbers that were sighted on one of the banners of the church.

But the pastor's father, who identified himself as Emokpae, dismissed the allegation as a set up and accused the complainant of allegedly taking the law into his hand by attacking the church.