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RCCG pastor’s son killed in beer parlour on a Sunday
The question being asked by many is: “what is a man of God’s child doing in a bar on a Sunday?”.
Solomon Odekunle was drenched with blood coming out of Piper’s Bar and Grill in Ottawa, the province of Ontario, the capital of Canada on November 6th, 2016 around 1:45am on Sunday.
A 21-year old son of a pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG) he was speculated to have been stabbed on the neck.
A lady who testified to the event said she saw a man running out of the bar in a pool of blood and later slumped on the road as he was too weak to run further.
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By the time he was rushed to the hospital, the was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital.
Joe Ndikuriyo, a Burundian national who was alleged to have stabbed Solomon has been caged by the Ottawa police for investigation according to Ottawa’s CNN correspondent.
News report hinted that Solomon was stabbed during a fight between Ndikuriyo and another individual over a woman as he, Solomon was trying to separate the duo fighting over a damsel.
Solomon secured admission to the University of Ottawa in 2012 to study Economics. The deceased was a son to a Redeem Pastor in Fagba, Agege area of Lagos state.
By Joseph Emmanuel….
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JOHNSON PETER
November 12, 2016 at 12:08 pm
Our men of God need serious prayers for their children . Satan tends to use their children as sources of sadness to them.
Nonso Ezeugo
November 13, 2016 at 9:49 am
Yes that is why we the members need to intarcide in there prays and pray for there children because devil use there children to manipulate there prayer life
yanju omotodun
November 12, 2016 at 1:27 pm
What is the boy doing in a bar around 2am on a Sunday? A Pastor’s son for that matter. Our men of God hardly train up their children because they have no time.
Amaka Okoro
November 13, 2016 at 9:45 am
Like they say train up a child in the way of the lord and when he grow he will not depart from it but when a child refuse to be train what happens he becomes useless will you say his parent did not train him.so mind what you say
Joy Madu
November 13, 2016 at 9:54 am
Solomon has failed to be useful that is why death visited him if he was in church i believe he would have escape death but because he pay a deaf ears that is why he meet his untimely death