A dismissed police officer, Jonathan Gyanet who threw tear gas into a church, Transformation Assembly in Akwanga, Nasarawa state has said he did so to punish the Pastor.
Jonathan said the Pastor, John Chia-Aondo Igbasue has been 'exploiting him', collecting money from him for prayers to make God get him back into the police force. The pastor had promised that if he pays his tithe for 6 months, God will make a way for him back into the force but when nothing happened after the said period, he decided to teach the pastor a lesson.
"He has been taking my money. I have been paying tithe for about six months, so when six months passed and I didn't see anything working, I decided to go to him and he was not happy with me. That is why I used the tear gas," Jonathan said.
Recounting what happened on the day of the incident, Pastor Igbasue said they were having a church service when suddenly they heard an explosion around the window of the church. They ran out and reported to the police who came to investigate the matter, and later told them it was tear gas, not explosives.
He however denied exploiting Jonathan who he agreed was a member of his church.
"Where is he going to get money to pay me? I don't operate a prayer house that collects money from people to pray for them," Pastor Igbasue said.
Parading the suspect yesterday at the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Lafia, the Nasarawa state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said the suspect will be charged to court for illegal possession of tear gas, and for using same without authorization from the police.
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