Nigerian Pastor Swindles Couple Out Of Home-ownership, Threatens Members With Death

Chaos erupted at the Windhoek Magistrate Court, Namibia, last week, when Life-Changing Christian Church pastor, Isaac Onwordi, made his court appearance together with his wife, Suama Ndagodja Onwordi, on accusations of defrauding a couple of their house.

It is the state’s case that Onwordi forged a document for ownership of a N$1.5m house in Windhoek and belongs to the couple, who were at the time members of his church.

The pastor is said to have, under false pretenses, agreed to rent out the couple’s house, which later resulted in their losing access to their property.

He and his wife are on N$10 000 bail. However, everything turned ugly outside the court, when the couple approached their daughter to hand over their car since she had been told by the pastor not to associate with them.

Speaking to The Villager, the father, Gervasius Arnat, said she had changed her name from Gervaldo to Faith and had refused to hand over the car, insisting that they address her by her new name, Faith.

“We even bought her property at a flat she was renting but now all that is gone. She can’t speak to us anymore because of the pastor, can you imagine that? A pastor comes all the way from Nigeria to ruin families, ha?” said the mother visibly shaken by the confrontation. .

“She was told that if she drives the car, she would die because the parents bewitched it. Can you believe that?” an ex-member of the church asked.

Onwordi and his church are not new to controversy, The Villager reported recently that the pastor was being accused of running it like a cult, telling his fellowship that they would die if they do not follow some of his instructions.