Nigerian pastor allegedly swindles Namibian couple, threatens members with death
A pastor of Life-Changing Christian Church pastor, Isaac Onwordi and his wife, Suama Ndagodja Onwordi, made their court appearance together at the Windhoek Magistrate Court, Namibia on accusations of defrauding a couple of their house.
Onwordi allegedly forged a document for ownership of a N$1.5m house in Windhoek which belongs to the couple, who were at the time members of his church.
The pastor is said to have, under false pretenses, agreed to rent out the couple’s house, before he prevented them from having access to their property.
He and his wife are on N$10,000 bail.
Onwordi had allegedly turned the couple’s daughter against them, with claims that they had bewitched her. He allegedly told the daughter not to associate with the parents anymore.
The daughter, identified as Gervaldo, was said to have refused to hand over a car to her parents upon their request, insisting that they address her by her new name, Faith.
“We even bought her property at a flat she was renting but now all that is gone. She can’t speak to us anymore because of the pastor, can you imagine that? A pastor comes all the way from Nigeria to ruin families,” her visibly shaken mother said after the confrontation.
Onwordi has been accused of running his church like a cult, telling his fellowship that they would die if they do not follow some of his instructions.
