Okene Killers Slash Victims Throat
Unidentified gunmen this evening opened
fire in a crowded Deeper Life Church near the Federal College of
Education in Okene, Kogi State, leaving 15 worshippers dead, and
Governor Idris Wada vowing to smoke terrorists out of his State.
The perpetrators of the heinous crime,
said the governor who cut short a Ramadan state dinner, are “wicked,
devilish, ungodly and deserve no place in a same society.”
Several other worshippers, according to the local government chairman in the area, were critically wounded in the attack.
Emergency workers said the casualty
count would most probably increase in a few hours. Soldiers and police
from the Joint Task Force in the State have cordoned off the area.
Mr. Jacob Edi, Special Assistant to the
governor on Media and Strategy, told SaharaReporters over the phone that
the assailants arrived at the church at about 8:45p.m. local time,
during a late evening church service. They cut off electricity supply
and began shooting indiscriminately into the crowd. He said some of the
worshippers who tried to escape from the premises were captured and
their throats slashed.
According to a statement by Mr. Edi, the
state executive council meeting was still on and the governor was
working the phone with all relevant security officers in the state.
Following the attack, the state governor issued this statement:
Following
Monday's dastardly attack on a christian worshippers in Okene, Kogi
state, governor Idris Wada cut short a Ramadan state function dinner and
summoned an emergency meeting of the state executive committee.
Furious about
news of the unfortunate situation governor Wada vowed he will spare no
resources in smoking terrorists out of Kogi state. According to him the
perpetrators of the heinous crime are wicked, devilish, ungodly and
deserve no place in a same society.
Kogi state, he
said has always been known for peace any act capable of tarnishing the
image of the state will not be tolerated at all.
He called on all citizens of the state to remain calm.
The recent attacks by
the Boko Haram sect elicited an exchange between the CPC Chieftain,
Mallam Nasir Elrufai and Presidential Aide on New Media, Reno Omokri.
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4 comments:
why?
when will God put a stop to this?
Do we have a president in dis nation?
Oh my God ! Okene people shouldn't allow this people to destroy Okene oh , rememeber is the only town they have , and as for elrufai Only God knows what he meant
so devilished, the wicked can nt go un purnished. they will surely reap d rewards. what ever u sow dat u shall certainly reap! imaging if members of ur families are involve or ur among, this are human being lyke any other person.
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