Everyday and in most streets of Uyo, one often see children aged 6 to 10 with ‘The Apostolic church Nigeria’s project financial appeal cards or envelopes demanding for money to assist an Assembly or District to complete or start one project or the other.
It has become a daily routine of sort seeing children looking haggard, unkempt and famished going with printed materials of The Apostolic Church Nigeria claiming to be delegated by a known assembly of The Apostolic Church.
One of the cases of this impersonation is this one caught by a lover of the church and published on the Facebook page of Tangsio FM 102.7 monitored by www.efeederstation.com
Alerting the church (The Apostolic Church) and members of the public the ‘good Nigerian’ wrote:
“ATTENTION THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH.
This evening I took myself out to celebrate my bigday (BIRTHDAY). As I reflect on the past, God’s grace and blessings to a sinner man like me, a young boy age 12 came around with an appeal card written boldly”
“THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH NIGERIA, IKOT AKPA EDU AREA, UYO FIELD… “
Initially I wasn’t interested about him, but as he persisted I should sign the card and do my donation as well, I then stretch my hands got the card from him, not with intention to make any donations but to interrogate him. Reason being that I’ve met him before still with the card begging and my spirit told me” this young boy is a fraud”
I started asking him few questions:
Me: What is your name
The Boy: Sir my name is Unyime
Me: Who gave you this card?
The Boy: it’s from our church
Me: Are you an Apostolic?
The Boy: Yes Sir
Me: Are you the only person the church has given this card?
The Boy: No sir we’re plenty
After much interrogation, It was true that he’s a fraud, at his age”.
Explaining the craft further the poster said:
“I told him that I’m taking him to the police so that the pastor that gave him the card will come out, that he’s too small to be going about begging for the church for church project according to him. He started crying. I told him to tell me the truth that I’ll allow him go, he now told me it’s his elder brother that printed the card and that he’s been doing it since”.
“To cut the long story short. After much plea, some guys said I should allow him go…
My worries, what’s exactly should be the cause that this boy at his age to do this?
According to him, his mother is aware, only his father who has not been around home but out to work”.
“I’m calling on The Apostolic Church to be aware of this and take the necessary actions to discourage it”. He said.
The poster further alerted that he has a video of this encounter.
