Pastor Chased Away by Furious Members for Impregnating Housemaid

Members of the United Methodist Church, Mafoluku, in the Oshodi area of Lagos chased away their pastor for allegedly impregnating his housemaid.

 

It was gathered that the pastor, Barkuma Andrew, was stopped from leading the church seven months ago when the housemaid, who was also a member of the church, Grace, had complications after aborting the pregnancy.

 

Andrew had lived with his wife, children, wife’s cousin, Favour, and Grace in a three-bedroomed flat on the church premises before the incident.

 

It was learnt by Punch that the members had petitioned the Central Conference of the church in Taraba State to investigate the alleged accusation.The congregation also sought the service of another pastor three weeks ago when the district reportedly failed to probe Andrew.

 

At 10 am on Sunday, members of the church showed up for Sunday service only to see that Andrew and some “unknown” people had commenced the service.This angered the congregation which proceeded to chase out Andrew and his group from the church.

Men from the Makinde Police Division, including the DPO, were said to have intervened after the incident was reported at the station.

 

A member of the church and a former secretary to Andrew, Moses Sherima, said that the pastor sent his wife to her village after he impregnated Grace.

 

He said: “My room is opposite pastor’s apartment and I was his secretary. When he started dating that girl (Grace), I called his wife’s cousin, Favour, on the matter. She said Grace used to tell her whenever the pastor had sex with her.

 

Another church member, John Komboroh, said the church was embarrassed by Andrew’s conduct, adding that they were tired of his leadership.