Over 100 clergymen left the pulpits and took to the streets Thursday in the commercial city of Aba, protesting the continued closure of their church headquarters by the government of Abia State.
In the statement, the Secretary to the Abia State Government , Mr. Chris Ezem, said that the governor “has directed immediate ban on all religious and any other activity whatsoever in and around the premises” of the ACCM till further notice. Government then warned that “any attempt by any person or group of persons to contravene this government directive will attract severe consequences”.
The spokesman of the church, Apostle Christopher Ogbuagu, told journalists that the crisis in the ACCM was instigated by “a tiny minority of the church elders mostly politicians who incidentally are relatives of the Governor of Abia State”. “The idea is to draw the attention of the public to the meddling of the state governor in a church matter that is even before the Court of Appeal.”
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