2 Killed, Others Injured As Gunmen Attack Kogi Church

Two persons have been killed, while three others were injured as unknown gunmen attacked a Celestial Church located in Felele, Lokoja, Kogi State.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the incident happened late Sunday evening behind NNPC Mega Station in Felele, a suburb of the state capital. An eyewitness said the gunmen stormed the church and started shooting sporadically.

It was learnt that two people died instantly, while several others scampered for safety. The injured are currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre (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 police public relations officer, William Ovye Aya, confirmed the incident to LEADERSHIP yesterday morning.

He said the hoodlums invaded the church and started shooting at the worshippers.

“It was a distress call that the Divisional Police Officer of B Division Felele received that the 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 perpetrators,” he said.