“Some elders kicked against it and demanded that the church in Nigeria should pull out, and give the church another name.
“Another set of elders kicked against the move. This created a faction in the church and this fight is the outcome,” a source said.
Another source said, ”Some elders of the church are vehemently against imposition, legalising of such practices and calling for a breakup from the parent church.
”However, the presiding pastor was said to have kicked against the breakup with the backing of some other elders.
”Hence a fight ensued, leading to the police being invited to quell the violence.
”During the service, the pastor had reportedly said he and some elders would head to the court to stop those calling for a break up of the church. He also vowed to ensure the church remains with the parent headquarters.
”This led to heated arguments and the church service ending abruptly with fighting between members, and the police were called in.
”On arrival at the scene, police operatives made efforts to stop the fight. But when things got out of hand, tear gas had to be fired to disperse the fueding members.
”The police later whisked away some elders of the church with a view to conducting investigation”.
FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Josephin Adeh, confirmed the incident.
She noted that the Command CP, Benneth Igweh invited all the elders of the church to the Command over the incident.
