General Overseer of a certain Agape Evangelical Ministry located at Obikabia Junction in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, Bishop Timothy Otu, has been quizzed by the police over the death of a female member of his church during an alleged love affair with him in a hotel.
The deceased, identified as Evangelist Happiness Echieze, 43, and mother of five, was said to be one of the prominent members of his church.
According to a statement issued Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Moureen Chinaka, the said Bishop is now helping the police in the investigation to unravel the cause of the lady’s death in his hotel room.
The statement said that the Bishop and and the lady lodged in a hotel in Ovom village on August 12, 2023, around 9.23pm.
According to the statement, the lady’s naked lifeless body was later discovered in the hotel room around midnight while the said Bishop was no where to be found.
He was however, picked up on Sunday while preaching in his church.
Police said the matter had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for proper investigation.
