A Pastor of the Celestial Church of Christ [CCC], Breakthrough Cathedral, Ibusa, Parish 1, has reportedly been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
WuzupNigeria understands that Most Senior Evangelist Stephen Akpor was killed at the church premises, Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
It was further gathered that the herdsmen stormed the church at about 8:30pm when the deceased was praying and counselling five of his members at the front of church hall.
Source disclosed that the deceased was transferred from Calabar February last year, and had a wife and five children.
A member of the church, Mr. Temitope who gave a detailed account of the incident, said;
“We were here in the church premises with the Prophet and some church members, when suddenly two Fulani men came with rifles and ordered us to lie down, then our pastor got up and went into his room.
“They beckoned on him to come back but he ignored them. At that point, those of us lying down were matched into the bush and they ordered us to remove our garments and lie facing down.
“As we were about complying, one of them realizing that they had left one person (Pastor) at the church, again led us back to meet with the Pastor. When we got back, they again ordered us to lie down while one of them went to meet the Pastor in the room.
“Next we heard was an argument as the Pastor refused to open the door. At that point the second one joined and they started shooting inside from the window after they removed the net that was when we had the opportunity to escape into the bush.
“So, they killed him through the window. Before police came and took him to the General Hospital, Ibusa, he gave up the ghost”.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), in the state, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the incident on Sunday, said that the Police have commenced investigation into the incident.
She said,
“The Police and local vigilante are on the trail of the suspected hoodlums, we hope the suspects would be apprehended and brought to book”
