Pastor Aressted over missing mental patient

The pastor of a church in Yaba, Lagos State, Samuel Awolusi, has been tagged by the police as the main suspect for the sudden disappearance of a mentally challenged patient, Sunday Ayeni, who was taken to his church for prayers.

Awolusi was detained for 10 days before being released on bail on the condition he would produce the missing 32-year-old.

Awolusi, who heads Eternal Rock of Ages Church, Iwaya, was said to have brought Sunday to Lagos from Ile-Ife, Osun State, on January 14, 2013, promising to help cure his mental problem through special prayers.

Barely a week after, however, Sunday was said to have disappeared and had not been found.The father of the missing man, Mr. Dele Ayeni, said that the pastor knew his son’s whereabouts.

He said, “My son has been sick since 1999. He is my first child and was in the School of Science, Ile-Ife, before his illness. My findings showed that some evil people who saw his bright future plagued him with the sickness.

“After spending over N2m moving him from different prayer houses and psychiatric hospitals, I decided to keep him in the house.

“Pastor Awolusi told us he could help us and we decided to release the boy to him on January 14, 2013.more on Punch