The Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Pastor Paul Adefarasin has been granted bail after he turned himself in to the Lagos State Police Command over a viral video that showed him holding a g*n-like object when a content creator approached his vehicle.
After he was interrogated, the Lagos State Police Command disclosed that the object recovered from him was a stun gun, a non-lethal but prohibited anti-riot device. Investigation is still ongoing
The state police spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, added that the object resembling a gun that Adefarasin was seen holding in a viral video is not a lethal weapon or firearm, but a stun gun, which is classified as prohibited anti-riot equipment.
Hundeyin added that the cleric has been granted administrative bail while the investigation continues.
The statement reads, “Pastor Paul Adefarasin, who turned himself in today at the Lagos State Police Command over a viral video where he was seen holding a gun-like object against another road user, was interrogated and he volunteered cautionary statement to the police investigators.
“What was recovered from him, the gun-like object seen in the viral video, is not a lethal weapon or firearm but a stun gun which is a prohibited anti-riot equipment.
“The pastor has been granted bail while investigations continue into the case.”
