Illustrative photo of suspected militants
A bishop of New Salvation Zion Church of Christ in Warri, has been
grilled by detectives from the Delta State Police Command over
allegation of sponsoring new militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers.
The bishop was grilled from 8:00am to about 8:00pm last week Wednesday
before he was allowed to go and ordered to report the following day for
further questioning.
According to Punch Newspaper,
the bishop hails from Ogbinbiri community of Egbema (Ijaw) Kingdom in
the Warri North Council Area of the state and is the presiding bishop of
the new generation church at Igbodu area of the city.
Security sources who confided in a correspondent, said the church
leader was invited for interrogation which was conducted at the Warri
Area Command of the Delta State Police Command, following two petitions
alleging that he was funding the militant group.
It was gathered that the petitions also alleged that the cleric was
harbouring weapons both in his house and church which is a situation
that led to the search of the Ijaw clergyman’s residence at Bendel
Estate in Effurun, Uvwie Council Area of the state, and his church
building in Igbodu area of Warri.
It was further gathered that the IPO in charge of the case led
heavily armed policemen, including a team of Explosives Ordinance
Detectives, to comb the bishop’s house but nothing incriminating was
found at both places.
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