Pastor Kills Wife, Buries Corpse In Shallow Grave

• The slain woman was a petty trader who used to sell pastries in the local market

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has been detained a pastor for allegedly killing his wife.

The pastor has been identified as Chris Enoch, the founder of Omega Word Global Ministries.

The incident happened at a village called Ikot Ataku, Okon, in Eket Local Government Area.

The youth president of Okon Clan, Effiong Johnson, on Wednesday, disclosed that Enoch killed the wife, Patience, seven days ago and buried her corpse in the shallow grave inside their gated compound where they have been living with their five children.

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The eldest child is 15 years old.

Enoch’s church has been operating inside the same compound which is rented.

The community became suspicious when the pastor’s children complained to neighbours that they had not seen their mother for days after she had a quarrel with their dad.

The youths of the community, led by their president, Johnson, who is also a ‘community police officer’, went to search the pastor’s compound and were shocked to discover the woman’s corpse buried in a shallow grave. The youths handed over the pastor to the police.

The slain woman was a petty trader who used to sell pastries in the local market.

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“I am just coming from the (police) station now, he just opened up that he killed the woman about seven days ago,” Johnson said.

“From what the children said, they (the pastor and the wife) had been having issues and sometimes he would say in front of the children that he would kill the wife and nothing would happen.

“On this particular day, the man chased the children away when he and the wife started fighting,” he added.