Ololade Adeyanju/
The pastor in charge of the Assemblies of God Church, Tema Community Four in Ghana, Rev. David Nabegmado, was reportedly stabbed to death by his nephew, Francis Nabegmado, during service today.
Francis, who has been arrested, was living with the late pastor until November when he brought to the mission house a deity which triggered a misunderstanding between them.
The pastor consequently asked his nephew to pack out of the mission house because idol worshiping was not acceptable in a Christian home.
Though family sources told 3news.com that the issue was resolved between them by some relatives but Francis was not allowed to the mission house again.
While preparing to leave his church office at the church premises for the main auditorium to deliver his last Sunday sermon for the year 2018, he was allegedly accosted by Francis who stabbed him repeatedly.
The pastor reportedly left behind a wife and five children.
A traumatized eyewitness who was in the church office with the pastor when he was allegedly murdered by his nephew, told 3news.com that the incident happened at about 9:30am when the pastor was preparing to deliver his sermon.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, the eyewitness said he was with the pastor in the church office when Francis entered the room wielding what appeared to be a machete.
“He entered the office and immediately stabbed the pastor in the left side of his neck, his head and in the stomach,” the eyewitness said.
The eyewitness said he ran out of the office while shouting for help; something that caused Francis to take to his heels by scaling a wall close to the office into the neighbourhood.
“Residents and some church members said they saw the suspect escaping with the machete and bloodstains in his shirt so they pursued and arrested him nearby.
He was then beaten by a mob before he was rescued by the police.
Meanwhile, the eyewitness said the pastor struggled and managed to move out of the office to the church premises and the church members immediately rushed him to the Tema General Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.