The Ebonyi State COVID-19 Taskforce on Sunday arrested five pastors in Afikpo North and Ohaukwu local government areas for allegedly holding Sunday
Taskforce on Sunday arrested five pastors in Afikpo North and Ohaukwu local government areas for allegedly holding Sunday church services in breach of the state’s lockdown order.
Others arrested at Ohaukwu local government area were the officiating ministers of Church of Christ Agbaba, Ascension Church Agbaba, Methodist Church, Otuokpeye and Methodist Church in Ndegu-Eshi.The task force team in Ohaukwu acting on a tip-off stormed the said churches and arrested the pastors and officiating priests.
There was, however, a mild drama at Amike-Abba in Ebonyi Local Government Area as the pastor of a Pentecostal church located in a school building and his members took to their heels on sighting members of the COVID-19 task force team.
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