Pastor carrying AK-47 detained, Policeman under probes.

Uche Aigbe, the senior pastor of House on the Rock’s Abuja Chapter, has been detained, according to the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, for addressing the audience while brandishing an AK-47 gun.

The command also announced the arrest of Inspector Musa Audu and the church’s Chief Security Officer for giving Aigbe his weapons.

In a statement released on Monday, Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, acknowledged the development.

Adeh said, “The FCT Police Command on the heels of intelligence arrested one pastor, Uche Aigbe, of House on the Rock cathedral, Abuja, and two others.

“The pastor, whose message and demonstrations were tagged inciting by various media and social media users, was arrested in the early hours of Monday, February 13, 2023, alongside the church’s Chief Security Officer and one Inspector Musa Audu, who was on duty on the said day and had unprofessionally released his rifle to the said pastor without permission or recourse to police authority.

“While the discrete investigation has commenced, members of the public are urged to shun actions or utterances that are in breach of extant laws as the law is trite and all violators will be adequately sanctioned.”

Meanwhile, the church, in a statement made available to, said Aigbe had always shown exemplary leadership since he became the pastor of the church in 1999.

The church clarified that the pastor was attempting to demonstrate the point with his actions while stating that it did not advocate violence and that the rifle was unloaded.

The church stated that it would assist the police in their investigation into the incident.

The statement further read, “Without hesitation, pastor Uche has acknowledged the gravity of his actions and apologised unreservedly for them.

“As a church, House on the Rock rejects all forms of violence and we stand in the good news gospel of Jesus Christ which embraces peace and goodwill for all mankind.

“We are cooperating fully with the authorities as they carry out their investigations into the incident, and we will continue to engage internally to ensure this break in protocol does not happen again.”