{"id":68365,"date":"2025-06-18T11:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68365"},"modified":"2025-06-18T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:28:44","slug":"police-grant-pastor-adefarasin-bail-after-stun-gun-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/18\/police-grant-pastor-adefarasin-bail-after-stun-gun-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Grant Pastor Adefarasin Bail After Stun Gun Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Police have granted bail to Pastor Paul Adefarasin, founder of The House on the Rock Church, following the recovery of a stun gun amid an ongoing investigation into an alleged altercation in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy erupted after a video surfaced online allegedly showing Pastor Adefarasin brandishing a pistol during a traffic dispute.<\/p>\n<p>The footage quickly went viral, drawing public outrage and prompting calls for his arrest and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the police launched an investigation and later recovered a stun gun from the pastor.<\/p>\n<p>Though specific details of the bail conditions remain unclear, the development suggests heightened scrutiny of the incident by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Adefarasin, a prominent televangelist with a wide following in Nigeria and abroad, is also known for his philanthropic work and message of hope and empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has sparked mixed reactions. While some members of the public have defended the cleric, others have criticized his alleged actions, describing them as a misuse of influence and a potential threat to public safety.<\/p>\n<p>The case continues to stir debate over issues of personal security, responsible conduct, and the expectations placed on public figures in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; The Nigerian Police have granted bail to Pastor Paul Adefarasin, founder of The House on the Rock Church, following the recovery of a stun gun amid an ongoing investigation into an alleged altercation in Lagos. The controversy erupted after a video surfaced online allegedly showing Pastor Adefarasin brandishing a pistol during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68365"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68367,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68365\/revisions\/68367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}