Police hold peace meeting over Anglican Church crisis in Anambra
Anambra police have held a peace meeting with parties in the St Faith Anglican Church crisis, urging them to seek a peaceful resolution and respect court p Read More:…
The dispute centres on St Faith's Anglican Church in Anambra State, where a leadership crisis has pitted the church's primate against a suspended archbishop. According to earlier reporting, the primate suspended the archbishop for six months over a string of allegations, including the sale of church land valued at N2 billion, a move that split the congregation into rival factions and reportedly spilled into confrontations serious enough to draw in law enforcement.
Anglican Church governance disputes of this nature are not new in Nigeria, often involving disagreements over property, finances and authority between diocesan leadership and local clergy, and they can escalate into parallel claims to church buildings and assets pending resolution by church or civil courts. The police meeting described in this coverage appears aimed at de-escalating tensions between the factions and encouraging them to await due legal process rather than resorting to self-help, though neither report indicates whether a timeline for resolving the underlying land sale allegations or the archbishop's suspension has been set.