A pastor in Lagos who allegedly hires people to stage miracles with the sole objective of defrauding unsuspecting members of his church has been busted by the Nigerian police.

This was disclosed early today by the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.

He disclosed that the Pastor, Elijah is currently on the run, while adding that six people have been arrested in connection with the fake miracles.

The suspects identified as Lawal Damilola (29), Makinde Folashade (49), Babayemi Joke (37), Precious Sunday (20), Victoria Emmanuel (42) and Gift Adams (42).

The suspects who confessed that they were paid N3000 each, were said to have aided Elijah in conducting fake miracles at Festac Town, Airport Road and Ikoyi.