The Pastor whose message and demonstrations were tagged inciting by various media and social media users was arrested in the early hours of Monday 13th February 2023, alongside the Church Chief Security Officer and one Inspector Musa Audu
Police in the Federal Capital Territory have commenced investigation on Pastor Uche Aigbe of the House on the Rock Cathedral Abuja for being in possession of firearm illegally.
Also arrested were the Chief security officer of the church and one Inspector Musa Audu who was on duty at the church premises on the said day, and allegedly released his riffle to the pastor to demonstrate while preaching to his congregation.
This was made known in a statement issued by Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command, Abuja on Wednesday.
The statement reads, “The Federal Capital Territory Police Command on the heels of intelligence arrests one Pastor Uche Aigbe of House on the Rock cathedral Abuja and two others.
“The Pastor whose message and demonstrations were tagged inciting by various media and social media users was arrested in the early hours of Monday 13th February 2023, alongside the Church Chief Security Officer and one Inspector Musa Audu, who was on duty on the said day and had unprofessionally released his rifle to the said pastor without permission or recourse to police authority.
“While discrete investigation has commenced, members of the public are urged to shun actions or utterances that is in breach of extant laws as the law is trite and all violators will be adequately sanctioned”.