The General Overseer of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry, Effurun, Delta State, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, has petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Ali Mohammed, over a video clip.
The petition said the video was recorded by his detractors to damage his reputation as a man of God.
The petition, titled, ‘A case of conspiracy, cybercrime, criminal defamation using the Internet, suspected murder, cyberstalking and conduct against Bishop Ufuoma Prince, Pastor Johnmark Ighosotu and others’, was made available to our correspondent in Asaba, the state capital.
The petition read in part, “One Pastor Johnmark Ighosotu of God’s Delight Gospel Assembly connived with one Bishop Ufuoma Prince and Apostle Dr C. Kassy, in a bid to concoct confessions and miracles maliciously, and falsely use on the Internet to blackmail me and the entire membership of Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry.
“The allegations of cannibalism, cultism, killing of innocent human beings and drinking of their blood as thrown up in the trending video are not issues that should be treated lightly by the law and its enforcement agencies but should be thoroughly investigated with the level of dispatch it deserves.
“There has never been any form of subsisting relationship between me and Apostle Johnmark Ighosotu as to warrant the level of blackmail and organised character assassination currently playing out.”
The petitioner further said the allegations had damaged his reputation which he built over the years.
The Delta State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the petition, adding that efforts were on to arrest the people in the video.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, said, “The command is aware of the petition over alleged cyberstalking, defamation and others; the command is trailing the perpetrators.
“The police are making frantic efforts to arrest the perpetrators of the viral video with a view to bringing them to justice.”
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