The police are currently working hard to resolve the mystery behind the sudden death of an elder of the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church, Elder Omotayo Ezekiel Fajana, 71, who was found dead in a hotel room just hours before his installation as Head Prayer Warrior Father (Baba Aladura) of a church faction.
Three persons have reportedly been arrested as authorities seek to unravel the circumstances surrounding the cleric’s death in Akungba-Akoko in Ondo State.
Fajana was said to have travelled to Akungba-Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko South-West Local Government Area, for a church programme at Ogo Orimolade C&S Church along Okerigbo-Ikare Road, where he was scheduled to be installed as the Head Baba Aladura of a faction of the church.
The event, however, turned tragic when the respected church elder was reportedly found dead in a hotel under circumstances police consider suspicious.
The case was reported at the Akungba Police Division by Olaseni Sunday Olaoluwa, said to be a nephew of the deceased.
Confirming the development, the spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, said preliminary investigations had raised concerns about the handling of the deceased’s body after his death.
According to him, detectives are investigating allegations that some church officials and hotel staff moved Fajana’s remains from the hotel to a mortuary in Ikare-Akoko without first obtaining a medical certificate or an official confirmation of the cause of death from a qualified doctor.
Police are also probing reports that money may have exchanged hands to facilitate the swift transfer of the body to the mortuary, while church activities reportedly continued despite the incident.
(Ripples)