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Photos: Gofamint Pastor Arrested With Heroine Drug at Enugu Airport, Daniel Akintola Of Olayemi Assembly In Ipaja Lagos Claims Innocence
May 7, 2015 – Picture: Gofamint Pastor Arrested With Heroine Drug at Enugu Airport, Daniel Akintola Of Olayemi Assembly In Ipaja Lagos Claims Innocence
A pastor, Daniel Akintola, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency with 1.9 kilogrammes of drug substance that tested positive for heroin.
We learnt that the 43-year-old suspect, who pastors a church in Lagos State, was apprehended at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu State along with one other suspected drug trafficker, Victor Onwuegbusi, from who 51.5kg of ephedrine was recovered.
It was gathered that the pastor had arrived at the airport from Uganda and had tried to abandon the luggage in which he packed the drug when he was arrested.
The agency also said the ephedrine was intercepted from Onwuegbusi, a businessman, while he was disembarking from a flight en route from Mozambique.
In a statement he made to the investigators, Akintola, who hails from Oyo State, said he went to Uganda for a conference. He admitted that he owned the luggage, but feigned ignorance of the drug.
He said, “I am a pastor with the Gospel Faith Mission International, Olayemi Assembly, Ipaja, Lagos. I attended a ministers’ conference in Uganda. This bag containing heroin is my bag, but I am a pastor and not a drug trafficker.”
The pastor was said to be unable to provide proof that he actually attended the conference.
Onwuegbusi, however, said he was hired to take ephedrine to Maputo, Mozambique for a fee of $2,500, adding that he would have used the proceed to establish a business.
“They paid my return ticket and promised that the person that would receive the bag in Maputo would give me $2,500. I would have invested the money in import business.”
The NDLEA commander at the Enugu Airport, Nsikak-Abasi Udoh, said the agency had commenced investigation into the crime.
He said, “Akintola unlawfully possessed 1.9kg of heroin while returning from Entebbe, a major town in Central Uganda. He wanted to abandon the luggage, but we detected his intention. The drug was carefully concealed in a false bottom of his luggage. The second suspect is a businessman who had parcels of ephedrine weighing 51.5kg which he wanted to smuggle to Maputo, Mozambique. The suspects are being investigated.”
The NDLEA Chairman, Ahmadu Giade, said the agency was fully prepared to unravel every bit of ploy that could be employed by smugglers.
[Source: Metro Plus]
Kunle Ilahor
May 7, 2015 at 6:19 AM
I doubt if he is a pastor, there is nothing like Olayemi assembly in Ipaja
Prophet Gbenga Rotimi "KINI IWO NFE"
May 7, 2015 at 7:25 AM
I feel misery, whenever i hard the name that suppose to be respect in misfit, anyway, the word of GOD say’s “for the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolaje, and fire shall consume the tabernacle of bribery.”
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Lekan Feyisan
May 7, 2015 at 11:40 AM
I wish they carry this thorough search on everyone irrespective of who they are. Politicians, celebrities, pastors, foreigners and so on
Lekan Feyisan
May 7, 2015 at 11:41 AM
I wish they carry OUT this thorough search on everyone irrespective of who they are. Politicians, celebrities, pastors, foreigners and so on
pa
May 7, 2015 at 1:41 PM
All liars and thieves. Fake pastors all over Nigeria. Stealing money sleeping with members wives. All of them are wolves in sheeps clothing.
viddycool
May 7, 2015 at 5:05 PM
Quick money is always the problem, working hard to get it is no more in the dictionary of humans. May God help us all.
goldenstar
May 7, 2015 at 8:26 PM
God have mercy.
pastor
May 8, 2015 at 8:36 AM
am tired of hearing evil messages abt pastors,God pls come n rapture the world.
Mary
May 11, 2015 at 4:03 PM
I dont believe a true child of God will behave in such manner. Well, God knows who is serving Him. No one should use names of churches to cover for his or her sin. A soul that sins shall die. Repent.
Gbenga Adesanya
May 15, 2015 at 2:14 PM
Please let’s wait and see the end if trully this man committed the offence and not jump into conclusions. He is an accuse if found guilty the law of the land will surely prevail and if innocent no body cares any more about that because it will look as if no news. Pastors are not perfect being( just bear more burden than other brethren) people should see God in self not in any man . Man can slip or fall but for those who fall and run back soberly and geaneuly will He( God) accept back. He that is stand let him take heed lest he fall. The Lord help us all…..things get worst in terms of discipline , principle, obedience, stardard, morality, etc.every day I pray God should come and judge the world because keep getting discouraged every day.
Dammy Adebiyi
June 13, 2015 at 6:57 AM
Let not give verdict now until the Agency complete their investigation.
osanebi chukwuka
August 20, 2015 at 10:16 AM
Is only God dat wil judge each human.let us wait nd see d final result.07031365717
#Loverboy
August 22, 2015 at 8:38 PM
The 1st comment is correct, pls dnt spoil GOFAMINT name ooo, God help GOFAMINT…Amen!
Emmanuel Damilola
February 29, 2016 at 12:03 PM
All is well, bt am a bit dissapointed on hearing my church name in such manner……….. #GOFAMINT proud to be in you…
okeleye morenikeji
March 14, 2016 at 3:36 PM
god forgive everyone because this world is going to an end , lack of money he will feed is family that is the reign he did so and god forgive me and everyone of us
Don Holy!
March 16, 2016 at 8:30 AM
All Is Well, But I Believe Not My Own Church GOFAMINT. Please Don’t Terminate D Image Of My Church…
Destiny Child
March 20, 2016 at 8:19 AM
God should just deliver us from those that stain one’s name.
SHOWUNMI MARVELOUS
April 15, 2016 at 9:22 AM
God deliver us 4rm pple that want 2 tarnish the image of our church.more grace 2 gofamint.AMEN
ojo olamide james
July 31, 2016 at 9:20 AM
I don’t believe this man is a Gofamint pastor. I was born & brought up in Gofamint. This is my 1st time of hearing this about d church.
This is not our pastor ooooo, he’s a pastor of doom.
Erinosho elijah
January 4, 2019 at 11:10 AM
We can’t start insulting him just like that because we were not there when everything was planned and we don’t know if the allegations are true or false
Aribisala k Gboyega
August 18, 2016 at 3:31 PM
Gofamint is the church of the living God where I belong.let there be sound investigation, this man is not our member oooo.Pls don’t mesmerize our name by putting it in the mod.
t.y of God
December 13, 2016 at 7:35 PM
This is end time, the bible is always correct that is the reason why Jesus said se ma ba igbagbo laye? others search your self thoroughly before the coming of the lord
ayoola eniola
January 2, 2017 at 12:10 PM
I’am sure he is not a gofamint member talkless of being a pastor
oluwajobi richard
January 29, 2017 at 10:36 PM
it cant be a pastor 4m gofamint
Odufade
December 29, 2017 at 12:18 AM
Pastors are not angels. Lets keep praying for the church that the gate of hell may not prevail over it. It is well
Mary Osiyoye
February 14, 2018 at 7:43 PM
If this is true we all need to continually pray for him he is devoid of the word of God. God can use this situation to change his life.