The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has clarified that the actions of the Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church in Lagos State, Pastor Paul Adefarasin, constitute an offence under the law.

Adefarasin on Tuesday reported himself to the Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja after a viral video surfaced showing him brandishing a gun-like object while driving.

After voluntarily turning himself in for questioning, Adefarasin was later granted bail by the police after several hours of interrogation.

The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, had disclosed that the item recovered from Adefarasin was not a firearm but a stun gun, “which is a prohibited anti-riot equipment.

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Featuring on a Channels TV programme on Thursday, the Commissioner faulted the cleric’s actions.

“By pointing out a stun gun to another individual and sending that threat and fear to such a person at that particular time constitutes an offence,” he said.

The police commissioner emphasised that the law would follow its usual procedure in handling the case.

Jimoh assured the public that the police are conducting their investigation in line with the law and the constitution.

“Police are not doing our thing but we are doing everything in line with the law and in line with extant provisions of the constitution creating the police force and the Police Act and other regulations that we are abiding with in carrying out our day-to-day activities,” he said.

He noted that though the pastor has been granted bail, he remains under investigation.

Jimoh promised to make the investigation’s outcome public.

“Pastor Adefarasin is still under investigation though he has been granted bail but we will continue the investigation and will make known to the public the outcome of the investigation,” he said.

“Nothing is an offence under the law except what the law states to be an offence. Even under the Firearms Act, if you fabricate something that doesn’t look like a metal gun, but rather like wood, and make it look like a gun and use that to take possession of property from another person, you have committed armed robbery,” he said.

“Notwithstanding the offence, as I said earlier, the procedure for treating an offender will be followed, and it applies to the pastor,” he added.

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