Bishop Shina Olaribigbe of Rapture Empowerment International, Osogbo, Osun State was stabbed to death on Thursday while settling a fight between a couple.
Sources say to that the woman is an interpreter at Olaribigbe’s church, and the pastor is always mediating each time the couple had fights, which made them live apart, even though they were not officially divorced.
The cause of the latest fight was however not known, but it was gathered that the husband had gone to his wife’s residence in the early hours of Thursday and met Olaribigbe in the room, which infuriated him.
A source who attends Olaribigbe’s church, and craved anonymity for security reasons, admitted to our correspondent that, “It was in that anger that the man took a knife and stabbed the clergy in the chest. He died immediately. Olaribigbe had gone to the house to see the woman, who had been sick for some time.
“The man and his wife were immediately arrested and taken to the Dugbe Police Division in Osogbo, where they are currently being detained.
“The remains of Olaribigbe had been deposited at the morgue of UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.”
Osun Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident.
Opalola said, “They are a couple but not living together. They are not separated by law yet. The Bishop (Shina Olaribigbe) used to settle the fight between the couple.
“We were told the Bishop was at the wife’s place today when the estranged husband got there. We were also told the husband stabbed the Bishop. We were also told the deceased was on the wife’s bed when the incident happened.
“The husband stabbed him several times and he died. It was learnt the husband acted on the suspicion that the Bishop was sleeping with the woman.”
