‘He was nice to us, but we killed him when he brought in a bag of money’- Boys who killed RCCG pastor confess

The two boys who killed a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in FESTAC, Pastor Babatunde Dada, after he housed and fed them have narrated the circumstances under which they turned on the cleric.

The suspects, Farouk Mohammed and Jamiu Kasali, said the pastor had mercy on them when they told him they had no place to go. They said they had the previous Sunday heeded an altar call to give their lives to Christ at the RCCG on 6th Avenue, Festac Town.

They further told the police that the pastor was caring for them.

In an interview published by Vanguard, Kasali, said, “On the day we struck, the Pastor came to Church in the morning, gave us money for food and left. Later, he came in with a bag containing money,”

“Few hours before then, Farouk got a telephone call from his mother, urging him to come home quickly that she was sick. We were contemplating how he would get money to take his mother to the hospital when the Pastor walked in with the bag containing money.

“We followed him upstairs, hit him with a plank, before stabbing him with a broken bottle in the neck. He fell down. We grabbed the bag and left the house.

On his part, Mohammed, 15, said he lied to his parents that he was coming to Lagos for a show, being an incoming Musician.

“I lied to my mother that I would get at least, N200,000 from the show. We are upcoming musicians. We have been in the industry for three years. When things were not going on as planned, we decided to do something else, in order to invest in our music industry. My stage name is Zealight while Kasali’s J Fresh,” he said.

“Our mission in Lagos was to look for where to perform. But that plan changed immediately we saw Pastor with the bag containing money,” he added.

Meanwhile, Odumosu said the exhibits used to commit the act have been recovered, adding that the suspects would be charged to court.