Following an alleged drug overdose, one Asha Dominic was apprehended by the Cross River State Police Command after he broke into a Catholic church and destroyed property worth millions of naira.
This even took happened on Sunday night at St. Bernard’s Catholic Parish in Enyi, Boje, Boki Local Government Area of the state.
A local source claims that Miss Rhema, a church member named Asha Dominic, who is from the nearby Obanlikwu Local Government Area and works as a farm hand in the area, allegedly took an excessive amount of the drug “ice” and was motivated by its effects to break into the church in the middle of the night and destroy the alter, chairs, tables, glass windows, tiles, and valuable documents.
“The doors were shut but not bolted or locked with padlock, so he gained access into the church through the third door to commit the havoc,” Rhema told Vanguard on phone.
She said after the destruction, the man slept off inside the church until the morning when people, who went for morning prayers, were taken aback by the strange state of their church while the perpetrator laid asleep on one side of the destroyed floor.
The Assistant Parish priest, Reverend Father Matthew Majok, could not be reached on phone but our source said the Reverend Father incharge of the church was on suspension. However, the assistant (Majok) visited the church on Monday to record details of items destroyed.
“I just came back from school and heard that our main priest is on suspension and I don’t know the cause but his assistant, Father Majok was here on Monday to take down details of what were destroyed by the man.”
Ms Irene Ugbo, the state Police Command spokesman said she was yet to be briefed on the matter.