BREAKING; Two persons shot dead as gunmen open fire inside Church
Unknown gunmen on Sunday evening attacked a Celestial Church located in Felele, Lokoja, Kogi State, killing two persons and inflicting severe injuries on three others.
As reported by DAILY POST, an eyewitness said that the gunmen stormed the church and started shooting sporadically.
It was further learnt that two people died instantly, while several others scampered for safety.
The injured victims are currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Lokoja.
The eyewitness said: “When they entered, they started shooting at every one outside the church. I now went and hid inside a cassava farm. What I saw yesterday was like an action film in a movie. Kogi is no longer safe”
The Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO) William Ovye Aya, has confirmed the incident.
He said: “It was a distress call that the Divisional Police Officer of B Division Felele received that hoodlums invaded a Celestial Church behind NNPC mega station and they began shooting.
“Two people were confirmed dead in the hospital, while three are receiving treatment.
“The Commissioner of Police has deployed our operatives, and ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of investigation, to commence investigation to unravel the cause of the attack with a view to arrest the perpetuators,” he said.
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