Court orders prophet to pay N200m for destroying Tompolo’s Egbesu shrine in Delta

A Federal High Court sitting successful Warri, Delta State, has ordered Prophet Tamarauebi Elisha Owan, laminitis of GreatGod Holy Tabernacle, to wage N200 cardinal successful damages for the unlawful demolition of a accepted Egbesu shrine wherever Niger Delta leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known arsenic Tompolo, and others service arsenic main priests.

In a judgement delivered by Justice H.A. Nganjiwa connected June 29, 2026, the tribunal condemned the actions of Prophet Owan and members of his congregation, describing them arsenic “unconstitutional” and a wide usurpation of the law rights to state of thought, conscience, and religion.

The tribunal besides issued a mandatory injunction directing the prophet and his co-respondents to rebuild the Osuopele Beniseide Opu-Oru Temple, the accepted spot of worship destroyed during the incident.

The lawsuit arose from events of December 20, 2024, successful Ojobo community, Delta State, erstwhile Prophet Owan and members of his religion allegedly stormed the Osuopele Beniseide Opu-Oru Temple, a shrine dedicated to the Egbesu deity.

According to tribunal records, the respondents carried retired the penetration nether the guise of “combating evil spirits”, causing extended damage.

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