About 10 hoodlums yesterday,
invaded a church at the Ondo
State capital, Akure, disrupting
the weekly service, while the
officiating pastor was seriously
flogged by the invaders.
It was gathered that members
of the church were not spared
in the attack as some of the
church members also received
the beaten of their lives.
A source said the hoodlums
went straight to the officiating
pastor known as Pastor Arije
and started flogging him.
The source alleged that the
attack might have been
masterminded and sponsored
by a rival pastor in one of the
churches within the area
In an attempt to save the
situation, some members of the
public sought the intervention
of men of the Nigeria Police
while some of the hoodlums
were arrested, but later rescued
by some other members of the
group, who stabbed a
policeman with a broken bottle
in the neck.
It was gathered that the
hoodlums have dealt with the
church members before the
police arrived at the scene of
the incident and were chased
to Odopetu area in Oke Aro
where some of them were
arrested by the security agents.
The hoodlum mobilised
themselves and rescue some of
their members while they
revisited the church on
motorcycles and destroyed
some of the church properties
which include plastic chairs,
wall clock, window glass and
electrical appliances at the
CAC, Pillar of Fire located
around LA Primary School,
Akure while the day’s offering
was also carted away by the
hoodlums.
The state Police Public
Relation Officer, PPRO, Wole
Ogodo confirmed the incident,
but said the details of the
incident were still sketchy, but
added that his men are
investigating the reasons
behind the action of the
hoodlums.
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