Six church members of Elyon Paradise Ministry in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State have been abducted during a vigil on Friday, shot the pastor in a brutal attack by gunmen that left the community in shock.
The attack, which occurred around 10 p.m. at the church near Delta State Polytechnic, left Apostle Divine Omodia hospitalised with gunshot wounds.
The attack has heightened concerns over security in religious centres, with residents calling on authorities to take swift actions to rescue the abducted victims and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The victims are Helen Onwuamaeze, Ariyo Emmanuel, Chike Okolo, and Blessing Waye, along with the unnamed guards.
Divine’s wife, Pastor Faith Omodia who recounted the terrifying ordeal, said the attackers fired indiscriminately into the church auditorium and shot her husband in the lap and lost two fingers.
“I was lying down with my baby in the church hall when I heard gunshots. Suddenly, bullets started flying inside the auditorium.
“The gunmen then rounded up the worshippers, forcing them outside before abducting six of them, including two security guards,” she said.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, said, “No report has been made at any police station regarding this attack.”
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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