Dr. Aime, a pastor with the Living Faith Church and a lecturer at the Akaweh Torkula Polytechnic, Makurdi, Benue State, was brutally beaten by an irate mob after a man raised false alarm that his genital was stolen.
The incident happened on Wednesday morning, November 8, 2023, when the lecturer was preaching in the Wurukum area of Makurdi.
Dr. Aime is a senior academic staff of the Polytechnic, a PhD holder and immediate past Chairman, Academic Staff Unions of Tertiary Institutions in Benue State.
It was gathered that he had laid hands on a young man to pray for him during the evangelism. However, the young man raised an alarm alleging that his genitals had been stolen.
Residents of the area, including commercial motorcyclists descended on the lecturer and beat him to pulp.
The mob almost lynched the pastor before soldiers and policemen arrived the scene and rescued him.
Meanwhile, the police confirmed that alarm over genital theft was false.
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