Imo Zenith Bank Robbery: Pastor arrested for helping suspects keep rifles in church
A pastor has been arrested in connection with the February 22, 2017, robbery at a Zenith bank in Imo state.
One Pastor Chiedozie Anochima has been named by one of the arrested suspects as being responsible for the safekeeping of the rifles used to carry out robbery operations.
According to recently arrested last member of the gang, Chinonso Onwugbuchlam, the pastor kept the rifles inside his church, Jesus The Rock of Salvation Healing Ministry, in Uratta, Owerri.
A police representative said on Wednesday that Onwugbuchulam “named one Pastor Chiedozie Anochima as one of them. The pastor is 36 years old and he is the founder of Jesus The Rock of Salvation Healing Ministry, a church in Urratta, in the Owerri North LGA.
“Onwuegbuchulam led the F-SARS operatives to his church where we arrested him during a church service. The pastor was surprised to see us. We swooped on him and arrested him immediately. That was last Sunday.”
The state Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, confirmed the pastor’s arrest.
Ezike said: “Yes, it is true. We have arrested the pastor and he is with us. You know that criminal investigation is like kerosene; it spreads. The more you investigate a crime, the more it spreads.
“We are working harder to make sure that all those involved in the bank robbery at Zenith Bank in 2017, do not escape justice. We will parade the pastor before newsmen very soon.”
