COVID-19 Restriction: Pastors deny ministry, members to evade arrest vanguardnews
ABUJA – Three pastors of some new generation churches on Sunday in Abuja denied their ministries and followers after operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Ministerial Enforcement Team moved in to arrest them for violating the ban on congregational worship in the territory.
Trouble started when the Enforcement team on COVID-19 Restrictions stormed the area following a tip-off but found it difficult to identify worshippers and their religious leaders. For Joshua Olaniru of Liberty Gate Ministry, who argued that he was not among those holding worship session, a resident of the community availed the taskforce of a video clip which showed the cleric holding a worship session, a development which had led to a fight about an hour before the taskforce personnel arrived.
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