It was gathered from an eyewitness that a young man raised an alarm accusing Tyokula of snatching his genitals and the alarm attracted the attention of youths who defended on him.
Tyokula claimed that he harvested someone’s organ prayer, adding that his pastor whom he had known since 2008 asked him to harvest the organ for the sum of N1 million.
According to him, “He (Pastor Terna) is my pastor at Deeper Life Bible Church. I have known him since 2008 and have been worshipping in his church since 2012. I am an usher in the church. He asked me to do (harvest organ) with the promise of one million naira.”
An eyewitness said: “we suspect that it was when he realised that they might kill him that he told the mob that it was his Pastor who asked him to steal somebody’s pennis and bring to him.
“He was then asked to lead the mob to the Pastor’s House. When they got there, the Pastor was seized from his family and given the beating of his life.
“Already the young man had been stripped naked, and the both of them would have been killed but for the timely arrival of the Police who whisked them to the ‘B Division’ Police Station.
“At the Police station it was realised that it was a false alarm and no one lost his genitals in the first place. The Pastor and the young man would have been killed just for nothing.”
Reacting to the incident, Benue State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Catherine Anene described the alleged organ theft as false.
He said: “I met the people Sunday morning at ‘B Division’ but when they narrated the story it was pathetic.
“Someone raised an alarm and a group of youths who knew nothing about what happened began to torture innocent people. This is inhuman and condemnable.
“According to them, a young man raised an alarm of theft of genital organ. The youth picked up the closest person and beat him up till he decided to admit and mention his Pastor as the person who sent him with the hope that the Pastor will come and save him.
“The youth got the same pastor and beat him up as well. Help came when the police got to know and rescued them. It is too bad because there is no element of truth in this. Since the history of these allegations, it has never been proven and the complainants are usually advised and told that nothing was wrong with them,” the PPRO added.
