Gunmen storm Ekiti church, gun down pastor, abduct worshippers

There was hostility successful Eda Oniyo Ekiti, Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State erstwhile suspected gunmen stormed a religion during an open-air crusade connected Tuesday evening.

According to Vanguard, the assailants invaded the crusade crushed located astatine the outskirts of the assemblage successful ample numbers, opened fire, killed a pastor and abducted respective worshippers.

The heavy equipped gunmen reportedly operated for respective minutes earlier whisking distant their victims into the forest.

“This evening, immoderate gunmen invaded a religion astir the outskirts of Eda Oniyo during a religion programme. They abducted respective worshippers, including aged persons and children.

“They changeable the pastor and took the worshippers into the forest. The attackers came successful ample numbers and were heavy armed,” eyewitnesses said.

At the clip of filing this report, efforts to get the constabulary to respond to the incidental were abortive arsenic calls and messages sent to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, were unanswered

Gunmen tempest Ekiti church, weapon down pastor, abduct worshippers