The photos of the owner of the kidnappers den uncovered in
Ikorodu, Lagos state, Pastor Ernest Nwankwo of the Holy Family Ministry
a.k.a House of Mercy and the arrested female kidnapper Rosemary Chukwu
who confessed that the pastor sent her to bring the six-year-old boy she
was caught with by mob has surfaced online.
Pastor Nwankwo
It
was reported on June 25 that the Pastor Nwankwo took to his heels after
the booble burst of his involvement in kidnapping children and adults
and keeping them as hostages in a den in Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos
State, where eight victims where rescued.
On June 27, it was
reported that the six-year-old boy, Emmanuel Emeka recounted how his
neighbor, Rosemary Chukwu a mother of four who kidnapped him strangled
and tied him up but for the intervention of the residents who rescued
him after he was discovered in a box the kidnapper was carry it would
have been a different story.
According to Punch, Pastor Ernest
Chukwuemeka Nwankwo is an indigene of Nsugbe in Anambra East Local
Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. He was born at Onitsha on 3rd
of November 1964 into the family of Mr. and Mrs. Nwankwo Egbunike. He
is the General Overseer of Holy Family Happy Family Ministry also known
as House of Mercy (Formally Jesus Divine Healing and Deliverance
Catholic Ministry), Lagos, Nigeria. He commenced his scamming work in
July 1997 to be precise according to the instruction of satan.
He
manages two kidnap centres called Happy Family Home Foundation
International at both Ikorodu Lagos State and Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Oyi LGA,
Anambra State, Nigeria.
Ernest C. Nwankwo is married to Mr Odelia Anulika Nwankwo.
Meanwhile
Rosemary Chukwu, a member of Pastor Ernest church who kidnapped her
co-tenant’s child and locked him in her toilet shocked her neighbours
over her involvement in the kidnap as she was described as a ‘prayer
warrior’ and had become sort of a nuisance to her neighbours who many
times said they had complained about her praying habit according to her
neighbours.
According to a neighbour: “She would shout and scream
and make noise while praying. She makes everybody uncomfortable. That
is what everybody knows about her here. This is why we are still in
shock about what she did,” said one of her neighbours at 33, Omo Ologede
area in Majidun, Lagos.
The kidnapper, Chukw and the pastor, Nwankwo
Neighbours
said although she's married with two girls and two boys they had not
seen her husband, as he was usually away from home even though they are
still together.
According to Punch correspondent who visited the
church on Wednesday, a crowd of residents had surrounded the church but
were prevented by policeman form birning the church down. But some
youths were said to have succeeded in entering the church before the
police came and seized hundreds of audio CDs of an album recorded by the
pastorand excitedly sold the CDs on the Ikorodu Road to motorists and
passers-by for N50 each.
Residents of houses nearby could not
provide any information about the whereabouts of the pastor as some
residents who pleaded anonymity informed Saturday PUNCH that the church
was not a conventional one.
“They don’t hold service on Sundays, only on Tuesday and Thursday. The pastor claims to treat mad men,” one of them told Punch.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, who confirmed the
incident said the the female kidnapper, Chukwu would soon be transferred
to the Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba for investigation while
confirming that the whereabout of the pastor is not unknown.
The six-year-old victim, Emmanuel Emeka
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