How Omega Ministry Church Pastor Beat Wife To Death

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Facts have emerged on how a 49-year old Pastor, Ukachukwu Christopher, the General Overseer of Omega World Global Ministry (Fellowship Church) beat wife, Patience, 40, to death and secretly buried her corpse in a shallow grave in his compound.

P.M.EXPRESS reports the incident happened at Ikot Abia village in Eket Local Government area, Akwa Ibom State, where his Church is located.

Police operatives from the Akwa Ibom State Command have arrested Christopher, detained him and he is undergoing interrogation over the alleged murder as was disclosed by the Police Public Relation Officer, SP Odiko Macdon.

The suspect, who is an indigene of Ebonyi State, allegedly beat his wife, a mother of five, to death on Wednesday after accusing her of infidelity and secretly buried her corpse in a shallow grave in his compound to cover his tracks.

In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Macdon, on Thursday, he said the suspect was arrested after credible information by youths of the area.

“The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Ukachukwu Enoch Christopher for murdering his wife and burying the corpse in a shallow grave in his compound.”

“On 16th June, 2021, around 2pm, relying on information from youths of the area, the DPO of Eket Police Division, CSP Sunday Digha, and team, arrested one Ukachukwu Christopher, founder of Omega World Global Ministry ( Fellowship Church), for murdering his wife, Patience Christopher.”
“The suspect, who had domestic differences with his wife, accused her of being the source of his numerous woes in life and infidelity, confessed to have beaten her to death as a result of the unresolved differences on the 9th of June. In other to cover his tracks, he dug a shallow grave in his compound and buried her. The deceased’s corpse has been exhumed by the Police and deposited in the mortuary for autopsy.”

The Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State, Andrew Amiengheme, has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in-charge of the State Investigation and Intelligence Department to take over the matter for discreet investigation and assured that the suspect will be charged to Court as soon as investigation is concluded.