According to
report seven ladies, who went for deliverance at a night vigil in one of the new
generation church, located at 2nd Cemetery Road, Benin-City, were raped by
armed robbers.
The robbers who stormed the church at about 4am were said to have earlier raided a building near Ewuotubu community where they robbed some tenants living in four different flats in the compound. It was learnt that two persons, including a police officer, were shot dead while others sustained various degrees of injuries in the process.
The robbers who stormed the church at about 4am were said to have earlier raided a building near Ewuotubu community where they robbed some tenants living in four different flats in the compound. It was learnt that two persons, including a police officer, were shot dead while others sustained various degrees of injuries in the process.
What was
supposed to be an all-night marathon prayer session , tagged ‘Koboko Night’,
meant to cast out demons tormenting some members of the church, turned sour as
the masked armed robbers, numbering six, shot sporadically, ordering the
members to go back to the church shortly after they said the final prayers to
depart the church. The robbers had, on storming the church premises, rained
bullets on the roof and ordered members to lie down. Consequently, they raped
the women.
One of the
victims, who narrated her ordeal to Sunday Vanguard, said, “Though I was not
raped, I was beaten mercilessly when they were asking us to identify the pastor
and we refused. After collecting our phones, money and jewelleries, they
ordered some of the ladies to undress. They threatened to kill them if they
refused and, of course, they removed their clothes and were raped one by one.
“It was
actually two churches that they attacked. They raped five women in our church.
Later, we found out that they raped two others in a church close to ours. They
ransacked the church and collected any cash they found and escaped. It was a
horrible sight”.
The raped
women are said to be receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital on Ekenwan
Road, Benin City.
Meanwhile, a
50-year-old self-acclaimed pastor, John Ojebe, has been arrested and charged to
court for allegedly duping a lady, Hawo Umoru, of the sum of N390,000 under the
pretence of selling her Adonai oil to wash her private parts.
Vanguard
God is in control
ReplyDeleteHell fire is certain for those armed robber, they have no regard at all in the house of God!
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