Popular Ondo Cleric dies mysteriously in a hotel hours before his ordination as church Head
A 71-year-old popular cleric, Omotayo Ezekiel Fajana, was found dead in a hotel in Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, just hours before he was due to be crowned as the Head Prayer Warrior Father of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church.
The Police in Ondo State have therefore launched an investigation into the mysterious death of a 71-year old church leader, Omotayo Ezekiel Fajana, whose body was allegedly discovered under suspicious circumstances in a hotel in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government area of the state.
Spokesperson of the state police command, Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists.
He said the incident was reported at the Akungba Police Division by one Olaseni Sunday Olaoluwa, who informed the police that the deceased, his uncle, had travelled to Akungba-Akoko for a church programme where he was to be installed as the Head Baba Aladura of a faction of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church at Ogo Orimolade C&S Church, Okerigbo, Ikare road.
Preliminary investigations, according to the police, revealed that Fajana was allegedly found dead in a hotel in the community under circumstances considered suspicious.
Jimoh stated that detectives were investigating allegations that some church officials and hotel employees moved the deceased’s body to a mortuary in Ikare-Akoko without first obtaining a medical certificate confirming the cause of death from a qualified medical practitioner.
The police spokesperson further disclosed that investigators were also probing claims that money exchanged hands to facilitate the deposit of the corpse at the mortuary before activities relating to the church programme continued.
He said three suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident and were currently assisting the police in ongoing investigations aimed at establishing the actual cause of death and determining whether any foul play was involved.
The Police authorities directed a thorough and discreet investigation into the matter.
