A witness who disclosed this to LEADERSHIP said the show of shame between the self-acclaimed men of God which occurred at the church premises located at No 1, New Orlu road, Egbeada/Akwakuma in Owerri North area of the state immediately after the church service left the wife of pastor Nzekwesiri (Helen) who tried to separate the fight bedridden.
According to the witness, two members of the church had brought a goat and a cow to the church for thanksgiving and when pastor Nzekwesri attempted to untie the cow from where it was tied, three of his co-pastors, Elvis Nwachukwu, Ikechukwu Nwogu and Victor Joseph were said to have descended on him, beaten and tore his cloth.
The general overseer was said to have been almost strangled to death before his wife raised an alarm but that was not before he was said to have received a broken head and his wife was also alleged to have been hit with a broken tile on her leg by one of the pastors.
When LEADERSHIP visited the church on Tuesday which is supposed to be the church’s counselling day, the place was under lock and key with no members in sight.
When LEADERSHIP later met pastor Nzekwesiri who was still nursing wounds he sustained on the head, he corroborated the witness’ account but only added that the cow was not the genesis of the fight.
According to him, the pastors involved in the fight wanted to relieve him of his position as general overseer, adding that for the cow, he only inquired from the co-pastors in whose custody the cow would be before they descended on him.
Meanwhile, one of the pastors, Nwachukwu, when contacted, claimed that pastor Nzekwesiri had been suspended from the church seven months ago for his alleged immoral ways of preaching especially not condemning abortion.
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