How Pastor Ernest Paid Woman To Kidnap Boy for Ritual

A church pastor, pastor Ernest Nwankwo allegedly paid a church prayer warrior, Rosemary Chinagoro Chukwu, 4 million naira to kidnap her neighbour's 6 years old son.

Witnesses claimed that Chukwu who is known as a prayer warrior in the community at Majidun, Ikorodu, Lagos State, smuggled the boy into a large bag and attempted to leave the compound moments after praying and shouting, “die by fire! die by fire!” before she was apprehended.

She was said to have grabbed the little boy when he went to fetch water for his bathing on the morning of June 25, 2014. 

The case was on Tuesday June 19th, 2018 brought before an Ikeja High Court in Lagos.

In his testimony, the six-year-old victim, Kelvin Emmanuel revealed that the woman who lives in their compound is believed to be a Christian because "she was always praying and going to church every day".

According to the boy, in an attempt to kidnap him, the woman grabbed and slammed his head on a toilet sink in order to knock him out and abducted him.

The boy added that the woman's children were present when their mother hit his head on a toilet sink and thereafter tied him up.

The boy’s mother, Mrs. Gloria Chukwuemeka Kelvin, 28, narrated to the judge how Chukwu allegedly kidnapped her son for ritual purposes.

However, Chukwu during her confession claimed that a pastor identified as Ernest asked her to bring him a human being for ritual.

Reported by:  Adegbuyi Rufus Oluwasegun